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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 9 - 13, 2009

(13, Q3) 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:

166

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (The Hague 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$314,981.74

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 CEV Best:

3rd (The Hague 2012)

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 Blackpool Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Martin Spinnangr - 21st	Tarjei Skarlund - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	18, Q6	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	9	7th	300	US$7,600.00
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
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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/10/2009	Qualifier 2	John Garcia-Thompson / Robin Miedzybrodzki, England (Q19)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 9/10/2009	Qualifier 3	Andreas Sutter / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (Q11)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:37
Fri, 9/11/2009	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (4)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 17-19	0:57
Fri, 9/11/2009	Contender 1	Steve Grotowski / Gregg Weaver, England (5)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:43
Fri, 9/11/2009	Contender 2	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (2)	Lost 21-18, 13-21, 8-15	0:50

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$293,967.50	Total	52	0	1	1	1	4	15	13	9	0	$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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	$26,650.00	13	13	50.0 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00	11	6	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	4	$33,050.00	16	17	48.5 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$4,700.00	11	7	61.1 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2001	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV 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
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$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
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
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	$13,325.00	2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	$13,325.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,350.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,350.00
129	1	0	0	2	20	34	27	9	36	$195,555.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	1	7	$21,225.00

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	12	66.7%	1	5.6%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	6	50.0%	1	8.3%	5	41.7%	6-6	50.0%	12-5	70.6%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	19-11	63.3%
2008-2009	8	72.7%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	8-3	72.7%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	11-7	61.1%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	12-6	66.7%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	9-6	60.0%

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
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 lead the series against the field 12-9 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-3
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13, Q3	18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:50
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 # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-3
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13, Q3	21-19, 17-21, 19-17	0:57
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 # 5 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13, Q3	Grotowski/Weaver	5	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Series tied with # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	24-22, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Gosch/Horst	7	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Lario/Mesa	17	21-16, 20-22, 15-8	0:58
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15, Q15	Lario/Mesa	10	24-22, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 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 # Q6 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	Litva/Varga	20, Q5	27-25, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q11 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
9/10/09	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13, Q3	Sutter/Weingart	Q11	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # Q17 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	Skarlund/Spinnangr	Q9	21-17, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # Q19 Garcia-Thompson/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-0
9/10/09	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13, Q3	Garcia-Thompson/Miedzybrodzki	Q19	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q21 Xenakis/Zoupani, Greece 1-0
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Xenakis/Zoupani	Q38	21-17, 21-18	0:38