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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Greece Challenger
August 19 - 24, 2003

(7) 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 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 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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	30, Q16	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	30	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q13	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q8	41st	10	US$0.00

Greece Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/19/2003	Pool F	Michal Palinek / Stepan Smrcka, Czech Republic (18)	Lost 12-21, 21-10, 12-15	0:48
Wed, 8/20/2003	Pool F	Luizao Correa / Thomas Klepper, Brazil (19)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 8/21/2003	Pool F	Pavlos Beligratis / Thanassis Michalopoulos, Greece (6)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 8/22/2003	Winner 1	Riccardo Fenili / Fabio Galli, Italy (13)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 19-21	1:11

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$5,000.00	12	14	46.2 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$3,300.00	10	16	38.5 %
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$4,000.00	8	8	50.0 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	16	$12,300.00	30	38	44.1 %
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

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00
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
32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	25	$6,600.00	Total	Total	42	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	9	29	$11,360.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2002-2003	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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 lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q13	21-23, 21-19, 17-15	1:06
Lead the series against # 2 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q16	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q1	21-14, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
8/21/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool F	Goranson/Goranson	7	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	6	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	Babich/Khudoley	Q20	9-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 13 Fenili/Galli, Italy 0-1
8/22/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 1	Fenili/Galli	13	Goranson/Goranson	7	22-20, 19-21, 21-19	1:11
Trail the series against # 18 Palinek/Smrcka, Czech Republic 0-1
8/19/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool F	Palinek/Smrcka	18	Goranson/Goranson	7	21-12, 10-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 19 Correa/Klepper, Brazil 1-0
8/20/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool F	Goranson/Goranson	7	Correa/Klepper	19	21-18, 21-15	0:34