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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 5, 2001

(43) 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 (54 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Iver Horrem - 57th
2000	Jon Grydeland - 57th	Iver Horrem - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	Q12	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q21	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	29	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q18	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q22	41st	14	US$0.00

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool K	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (22)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:41
Thu, 8/2/2001	Pool K	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (11)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:54

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Iver Horrem - 57th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Kjell Goranson - 33rd	Espen Goranson - 33rd
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Martin Engvik - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Vegard Hoidalen - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Oivind Hordvik - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	43	33rd	40	US$0.00

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	$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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	7	10	41.2 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	7	10	41.2 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	$1,000.00	Total	Total	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	19	$5,760.00

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	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	4-26	13.3%	2-8	20.0%	1	0	4-17	19.0%

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
Goranson/Goranson trail the series against the field 0-8 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	4	Goranson/Goranson	29	21-12, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 11 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	Goranson/Goranson	43	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 14 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	20	Goranson/Goranson	29	21-12, 16-21, 15-5	0:38
Trail the series against # 22 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	Goranson/Goranson	43	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 29 Amore/Lione, Italy 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 9	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	Goranson/Goranson	Q12	21-19, 24-22	0:57
Trail the series against # 32 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Goranson/Goranson	Q21	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 36 Bachorski/Bulkowski, Poland 0-1
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bachorski/Bulkowski	Q15	Goranson/Goranson	Q18	21-13, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 42 Michalopoulos/Roumeliotis, Greece 0-1
6/27/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Roumeliotis	Q15	Goranson/Goranson	Q18	21-12, 21-19	0:34