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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Nissan Grand Slam
September 18 - 21, 2003

(Q7) Antonio Cotrino /John Garcia-Thompson, Spain

Antonio Cotrino Heras
Spain

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 25, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malaga

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Mallorca 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$46,514.44

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV Valencia 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,350.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	28	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	US$4,226.17
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	7	2	US$25,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$900.00
Overall	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	2	4	1	7	2	US$30,126.17

Previous Carson Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	10	9th	120	US$4,000.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		19th	20	€ 1,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	2	9th	24	US$900.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q9	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q1	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	32	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	25, Q3	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q4	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	25, Q1	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	25, Q2	17th	60	US$2,500.00

United States Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 1	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (Q26)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (29, Q10)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:41

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	4	$20,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	4	10	$27,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Antonio Cotrino												John Garcia-Thompson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,250.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	$4,450.00
28	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	7	6	$32,967.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	24	$30,145.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Goodwill Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$1,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$4,175.00
44	0	0	0	0	1	8	14	8	13	$44,042.50	Total	72	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	15	39	$44,795.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	5	$11,000.00	15	14	51.7 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	5	$11,000.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Antonio Cotrino													John Garcia-Thompson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	1	$17,625.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	$11,717.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$5,995.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	$5,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
35	0	0	0	0	1	9	12	5	8	$37,792.50	Total	Total	24	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	10	$14,120.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	15	57.7%	4	15.4%	7	26.9%	19-7	73.1%	6	21.4%	4	14.3%	18	64.3%	6-22	21.4%	15-18	45.5%	10-11	47.6%	0	0	25-29	46.3%
2002-2003	7	46.7%	4	26.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	6	33.3%	2	11.1%	10	55.6%	6-12	33.3%	7-10	41.2%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	17-16	51.5%
Against the Field	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	4	20.0%	2	10.0%	14	70.0%	4-16	20.0%	2-28	6.7%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	7-20	25.9%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	14	6	5	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	22
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	17	12	10	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	34

Head to Head Results
Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson trail the series against the field 8-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel		Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		21-14, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	10	Baracetti/Conde	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 8 Marques/Neto, Brazil 1-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Marques/Neto	8	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	10	21-12, 21-17	0:44
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	Marques/Neto	8	21-23, 25-23, 15-13	1:13
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	17-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	21-17, 13-21, 15-11	0:49
Series tied with # 12 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		Egger/Heyer		21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Egger/Heyer	9	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Berg/Dahl		Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		22-20, 21-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 19 Canet/Hamel, France 0-2
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Canet/Hamel		Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		32-30, 23-21	1:02
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Canet/Hamel	24	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	10	Prosser/Williams	23	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 28, Q14 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	10	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against # 29, Q10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q7	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q12 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q18	17-21, 31-29, 16-14	1:06
Lead the series against # Q17 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger		24-22, 25-23	0:50
Series tied with # Q24 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q36	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q4	21-18, 22-20	0:46
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q31	16-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:06
Series tied with # Q26 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q7	Goranson/Goranson	Q26	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q16	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q1	21-14, 21-17	0:44