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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(13) Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway

Tarjei Viken Skarlund
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alesund

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$314,357.63

Martin Spinnangr
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Farsund

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$135,504.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$22,636.68
FIVB	45	0	1	0	1	2	2	9	4	13	0	8	2	1	2	US$241,050.00
Overall	51	0	1	1	1	2	2	13	4	13	1	8	2	1	2	US$263,686.68

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Ronny Berntsen - 41st	Did not play
2000	Lars Jacob Boe - 49th	Did not play
2001	Paul Otterdal - 57th	Did not play
2002	Jarle Huseby - 57th	Did not play
2003	Jarle Huseby - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Kjell Goranson - 9th	Did not play
2005	Jorre Kjemperud - 17th	Did not play
2006	Jorre Kjemperud - 9th	Did not play
2007	Jorre Kjemperud - 17th	Did not play
2008	Jorre Kjemperud - 17th	Oivind Hordvik - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	15, Q15	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	16, Q18	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	14	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	19	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	9/11-14/2008	English Masters	Q8	21st	60	€ 0.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool L

Jorn Huiskamp / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (36)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	15	9	2	0.467	0	10	3	2
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	4	1	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	6	2	1
Martin Spinnangr	Total	30	20	4	0.533	2	2	0	4
	1	17	11	2	0.529	1	2	0	4
	2	13	9	2	0.538	1	0	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool L

Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (37)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	10	7	2	0.500	0	5	1	2
	1	2	2	0	1.000	0	3	1	1
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	2	0	1
Martin Spinnangr	Total	28	17	10	0.250	0	0	1	5
	1	14	7	6	0.071	0	0	0	2
	2	14	10	4	0.429	0	0	1	3

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool L

Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (12)

Lost 12-21, 15-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	12	7	1	0.500	0	4	2	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	1	1
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	1	0
Martin Spinnangr	Total	26	8	9	-0.038	0	0	1	4
	1	13	3	5	-0.154	0	0	1	3
	2	13	5	4	0.077	0	0	0	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (28)

Lost 19-21, 14-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	9	4	5	-0.111	0	6	1	3
	1	5	3	2	0.200	0	3	1	2
	2	4	1	3	-0.500	0	3	0	1
Martin Spinnangr	Total	37	19	7	0.324	0	2	0	4
	1	19	9	3	0.316	0	1	0	1
	2	18	10	4	0.333	0	1	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	46	27	10	0.370	0	25	7	8
Martin Spinnangr	121	64	30	0.281	2	4	2	17
Total	167	91	40	0.305	2	29	9	25
Opponents	132	84	11	0.553	15	27	6	20

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Ronny Berntsen - 57th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Jorre Kjemperud - 17th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Jorre Kjemperud - 37th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Martin Spinnangr - 17th	Tarjei Skarlund - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Martin Spinnangr - 37th	Tarjei Skarlund - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	13	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	19	37th	40	US$3,400.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	5	4	3	$150,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	7	4	1	$80,250.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
Total	47	0	1	1	1	2	2	10	4	13	8	5	$253,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tarjei Skarlund												Martin Spinnangr
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$10,650.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,200.00
44	0	1	0	1	1	11	13	8	9	$120,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	1	0	1	1	6	5	5	3	$76,950.00
90	0	0	0	1	11	24	21	9	24	$149,325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	4	4	$40,125.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,242.50	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	Satellite
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$7,750.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,250.00
151	1	1	1	2	18	38	37	17	36	$293,967.50	Total	52	0	1	1	1	4	15	13	9	8	$129,125.00

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
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00	3	4	42.9 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$13,400.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$2,900.00	8	5	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tarjei Skarlund													Martin Spinnangr
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	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$425.00	2001	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$825.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,142.50	2002	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	CEV
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	5	$13,625.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2004	FIVB C&S
15	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	1	0	$33,500.00	2005	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2005	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2005	CEV
14	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	2	0	$38,025.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,237.50	2006	CEV
16	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	4	1	$38,850.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2007	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	0	0	$38,750.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$4,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,450.00
118	1	0	0	2	18	29	27	9	32	$184,405.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	3	$10,500.00

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	40	54.8%	13	17.8%	20	27.4%	53-20	72.6%	16	17.6%	14	15.4%	61	67.0%	16-75	17.6%	40-61	39.6%	29-34	46.0%	3	4	72-99	42.1%
2008-2009	11	64.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	4	21.1%	1	5.3%	14	73.7%	4-15	21.1%	11-14	44.0%	7-4	63.6%	1	1	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	16	61.5%	4	15.4%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	3	7.7%	9	23.1%	27	69.2%	3-36	7.7%	32-46	41.0%	14-30	31.8%	1	3	24-41	36.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	22	32	0	0	13	13	1	1	0	1	0	1	36	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	17	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	41
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	4
Total	0	0	3	3	29	40	0	0	33	36	1	2	1	1	0	1	80	103

Head to Head Results
Skarlund/Spinnangr trail the series against the field 6-9 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15, Q15	21-16, 21-13	0:37
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15, Q15	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Maciel/Schmidt	12	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16, Q18	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	Q15	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16, Q18	Kais/Vesik	9	17-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-19, 21-14	0:38
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16, Q18	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 30 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15, Q15	Lario/Mesa	10	24-22, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 35 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Henriquez/Mussa	28, Q7	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 36 Huiskamp/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Huiskamp/Ronnes	36	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 37 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Redmann/VanHuizen	37	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 39 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 40 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15, Q15	Dugrip/Salvetti	Q10	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 46 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16, Q18	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q7	21-15, 21-15	0:35