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June 22 - 26, 2005

(37) Thomas Kroger/Niklas Rademacher, Germany

Thomas Kröger
Germany

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melle

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Klagenfurt 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$6,025.00

Niklas Rademacher
Germany

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wesel

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Stavanger 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$52,235.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$3,750.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Erik Schmidt - 57th	David Klemperer - 41st
2002	Did not play	David Klemperer - 9th
2003	Kay Matysik - Country Quota	David Klemperer - 9th
2004	Kay Matysik - 41st	David Klemperer - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q7	33rd	20	US$0.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 1	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (28)	Lost 22-24, 21-12, 14-16	1:01
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 1	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (7)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:40

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	David Klemperer - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Niklas Rademacher - 33rd	Thomas Kroger - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	37	33rd	50	US$3,750.00

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	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Kroger												Niklas Rademacher
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,875.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	$10,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	8	0	$34,610.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,025.00	Total	41	0	1	0	0	1	7	3	12	0	$52,235.00

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
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,750.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,750.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Kroger													Niklas Rademacher
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	$5,750.00
											2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	$4,860.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	$15,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	0	$24,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$1,875.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,875.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$2,875.00	Total	Total	41	0	1	0	0	1	7	3	12	17	$52,235.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
2004-2005	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

Head to Head Results
Kroger/Rademacher trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	Kroger/Rademacher	37	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 28 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	28	Kroger/Rademacher	37	24-22, 12-21, 16-14	1:01
Trail the series against # 40 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Svensson	31, Q10	Kroger/Rademacher	Q7	27-25, 21-16	0:51