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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 18 - 23, 2010

(15) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	13	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2009	Sanya Open	4	5th	360	US$9,100.00
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

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/20/2010	Pool K	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (18)	Won 26-24, 21-14	0:39
Thu, 5/20/2010	Pool K	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (31, Q11)	Won 16-21, 27-25, 15-13	0:57
Fri, 5/21/2010	Pool K	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (2)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:42
Fri, 5/21/2010	Winner 1	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (16)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:36
Sat, 5/22/2010	Winner 2	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (7)	Lost 25-27, 15-21	0:46

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	$35,750.00	16	15	51.6 %
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,800.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	4	$52,950.00	23	23	50.0 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	$17,875.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	$17,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,400.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,400.00
116	1	0	0	1	16	27	27	9	35	$192,167.50	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	1	7	$28,825.00

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%
2009-2010	24	64.9%	4	10.8%	9	24.3%	28-9	75.7%	7	17.5%	6	15.0%	27	67.5%	7-33	17.5%	24-27	47.1%	11-15	42.3%	1	1	36-43	45.6%
Against the Field	20	51.3%	8	20.5%	11	28.2%	28-11	71.8%	8	12.7%	14	22.2%	41	65.1%	8-55	12.7%	40-74	35.1%	32-50	39.0%	0	4	36-66	35.3%

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 11-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-13	0:42
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-14, 21-8	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 17-9 Retired	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	27-25, 21-15	0:46
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with # 14 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 # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # 18 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Heuscher/Heyer	18	26-24, 21-14	0:39
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 # 21 Jennings/Keenan, United States 0-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Jennings/Keenan	19	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
Series tied with # 22 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-17, 21-16	0:37
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 24, Q4 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 # 26 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	9	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Lario/Mesa	17	21-16, 20-22, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Doppler/Mellitzer	Q11	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	31, Q11	16-21, 27-25, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	21-13, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q6 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Bogatov/Prokopiev	20	21-16, 21-16	0:38
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
Trail the series against # Q8 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
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
Trail the series against # Q18 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