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
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 15, 1968 (56 yrs old)
Home Town: Borum
Height: 198 cm (6'6")
Weight: 91 kg (200 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 46
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 (53 yrs old)
Home Town: Baerum
Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Weight: 90 kg (198 lb)
Seasons: 12
Tournaments: 93
Career Best: 2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)
Career FIVB WT Best: 9th (4 times)
Career Winnings: US$55,635.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725333741CQMoney
FIVB25000000001543111 US$12,300.00
FIVB C&S100000010000000 US$900.00
Overall26000000101543111 US$13,200.00
Previous Klagenfurt Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1998 Did not play Iver Horrem - 57th
2000 Jon Grydeland - 57th Iver Horrem - 33rd
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
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
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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 
YearEventLocationPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1999World ChampionshipsMarseille Did not play Iver Horrem - 57th
2005World ChampionshipsBerlin Did not play Martin Engvik - 17th
2007World ChampionshipsGstaad Did not play Vegard Hoidalen - 17th
2009World ChampionshipsStavanger Did not play Oivind Hordvik - 37th
World Championships Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 8/1-5/2001 Klagenfurt World Championships 43 33rd 40 US$0.00
Head to Head Results
Goranson/Goranson trail the series against the field 0-8 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/6/01FIVBNorway 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
8/2/01FIVBKlagenfurt 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
7/6/01FIVBNorway 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
8/1/01FIVBKlagenfurt 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
7/26/01FIVBPortugal 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
7/11/01FIVBItaly 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
7/17/01FIVBFrance 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
6/27/01FIVBGermany Open Qualifier 3 Michalopoulos/Roumeliotis Q15 Goranson/Goranson Q18 21-12, 21-19 0:34