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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Swiss Open
June 20 - 24, 2001

(Q22) Espen Goranson/Kjell Goranson, Norway

Espen Goranson
Norway

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 15, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Borum

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Kiev 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$9,300.00

Kjell Arne Goranson
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baerum

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$55,635.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	11	1	US$12,300.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$900.00
Overall	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	3	11	1	US$13,200.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/20/2001	Qualifier 2	Sebastien Baumgartner / Kevin Ces, France (Q43)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:30
Wed, 6/20/2001	Qualifier 3	Eddie Stokes / Brad Torsone, United States (Q54)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 11-15	0:55

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	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	$12,300.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	$13,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Espen Goranson												Kjell Goranson
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	$0.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,625.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$7,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	18	0	$38,600.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,650.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											Satellite	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,010.00
46	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	$9,300.00	Total	93	0	1	0	1	1	6	10	19	0	$55,635.00

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
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Espen Goranson													Kjell Goranson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	$2,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00	Total	Total	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	14	$4,760.00

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	21	72.4%	4	13.8%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	3	7.5%	7	17.5%	30	75.0%	3-37	7.5%	21-30	41.2%	7-11	38.9%	2	0	30-41	42.3%
2000-2001	9	75.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10	76.9%	0-13	0.0%	9-10	47.4%	2-4	33.3%	1	0	12-14	46.2%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	1	5.3%	4	21.1%	14	73.7%	1-18	5.3%	12-26	31.6%	4-14	22.2%	1	0	9-20	31.0%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	21	13	1	11	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	29
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	5	1	23	17	3	20	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	43

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # Q43 Baumgartner/Ces, France 1-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Goranson	Q22	Baumgartner/Ces	Q43	21-17, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # Q54 Stokes/Torsone, United States 0-1
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Stokes/Torsone	Q54	Goranson/Goranson	Q22	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55