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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Olympic Garden Open
May 19 - 23, 2004

(20) 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$42,292.50

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,620.00

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	20, Q4	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q3	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	27	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	10	9th	120	US$4,000.00
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
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/21/2004	Winner 1	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (13)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:35
Fri, 5/21/2004	Contender 1	Max Backer / Emiel Boersma, Netherlands (29, Q7)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:31

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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	$20,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	0	$25,900.00

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	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,450.00
28	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	7	0	$32,967.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	0	$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
40	0	0	0	0	1	8	11	8	0	$42,292.50	Total	68	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	15	0	$40,620.00

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	$16,000.00	17	16	51.5 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,000.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	6	$20,000.00	19	22	46.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$8,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$8,000.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$2,000.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$2,000.00
35	0	0	0	0	1	8	10	7	9	$39,792.50	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	11	$16,445.00

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%
2003-2004	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%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	12	66.7%	3-15	16.7%	8-24	25.0%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	8-18	30.8%

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
Total	0	0	17	11	9	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	31

Head to Head Results
Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson trail the series against the field 5-15 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 12 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	27	21-15, 21-10	0:26
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Brazao/Souza, Brazil 0-1
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Brazao/Souza	32	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	27	21-18, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-2
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20, Q4	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:53
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 9 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	Xu/Xu	Q30	21-17, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	13	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20, Q4	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20	21-14, 21-17	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Canet/Hamel	24	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 27, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Backer/Boersma	29, Q7	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20	21-12, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # Q8 Ces/Salvetti, France 0-2
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Salvetti	30, Q13	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20, Q4	21-19, 21-11	0:44
3/17/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 3	Ces/Salvetti	31, Q14	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q3	20-22, 27-25, 15-4	1:12
Lead the series against # Q13 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # Q14 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 0-1
8/20/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool B	Grinbergs/Stals	14	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	2	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q15 Kiselev/Sinkevich, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	Kiselev/Sinkevich	Q64	20-22, 21-14, 15-12	1:01