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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 11 - 16, 2009

(9) 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:

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 (38 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Jorre Kjemperud - 25th	Sigmund Wergeland - Country Quota
2008	Jorre Kjemperud - 9th	Ronny Berntsen - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	23	33rd	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	13	17th	200	US$7,000.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (24, Q8)	Lost 15-21, 23-25	0:48
Thu, 8/13/2009	Contender 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (25)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:50
Fri, 8/14/2009	Contender 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (7)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 8/14/2009	Contender 3	Sebastian Dollinger / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (15, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:42
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 4	Michal Biza / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic (20)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 5	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (14)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:39

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	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	5	4	0	$150,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	7	4	0	$80,250.00
Total	45	0	1	0	1	2	2	9	4	13	8	0	$241,050.00

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	0	$10,650.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00
44	0	1	0	1	1	11	13	8	0	$120,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	1	0	1	1	6	5	5	0	$76,950.00
90	0	0	0	1	11	24	21	9	0	$149,325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	4	0	$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
148	1	1	0	2	18	36	37	17	0	$286,217.50	Total	50	0	1	0	1	4	14	13	9	0	$122,875.00

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 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	$16,400.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	$22,800.00	9	13	40.9 %

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
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
14	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	2	0	$38,025.00	2006	FIVB
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
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	$8,200.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	$8,200.00
111	1	0	0	1	15	24	26	9	35	$177,092.50	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	7	$13,750.00

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	15	65.2%	5	21.7%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	3	13.6%	5	22.7%	14	63.6%	3-19	13.6%	30-24	55.6%	16-16	50.0%	1	1	24-21	53.3%

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
Total	0	0	3	3	25	38	0	0	30	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	72	99

Head to Head Results
Skarlund/Spinnangr trail the series against the field 4-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Gosch/Horst	7	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 14 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 15, Q6 Dollinger/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Dollinger/Kaczmarek	15, Q6	21-17, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Biza/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Biza/Rotrekl	20	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 24, Q8 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	24, Q8	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-15, 25-23	0:48
Lead the series against # 25 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Hoyer/Soderberg	25	21-17, 21-19	0:50
Trail the series against # 31, Q2 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	42	Skarlund/Spinnangr	23	20-22, 21-18, 19-17	1:02
Trail the series against # Q11 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	Skarlund/Spinnangr	Q9	21-17, 22-20	0:40