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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 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alesund

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$286,217.50

Martin Spinnangr
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1987 (37 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$122,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	45	0	1	0	1	2	2	9	4	13	8	2	1	2	US$241,050.00

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
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

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
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

Head to Head Results
Skarlund/Spinnangr trail the series against the field 1-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-16, 21-15	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-19, 21-14	0:38
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