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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(19) 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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Martin Spinnangr - 9th	Tarjei Skarlund - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	17	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	13	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	9	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	24	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	27	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	20	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	9	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	21	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool F

Daniele Lupo / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (43)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	24	12	4	0.333	0	18	0	1
	1	10	6	3	0.300	0	7	0	1
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	11	0	0
Martin Spinnangr	Total	31	17	7	0.323	0	0	1	3
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	0	0	2
	2	19	8	6	0.105	0	0	1	1

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool F

Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (6)

Lost 21-19, 17-21, 11-15

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	66	37	12	0.379	0	13	2	9
	1	27	13	5	0.296	0	8	1	1
	2	21	13	3	0.476	0	3	1	4
	3	18	11	4	0.389	0	2	0	4
Martin Spinnangr	Total	9	3	1	0.222	1	5	2	4
	1	6	2	1	0.167	1	2	2	2
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	2	0	1
	3	0	0	0		0	1	0	1

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool F

Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (30)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	15	6	4	0.133	0	8	3	5
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	5	3	2
	2	7	2	4	-0.286	0	3	0	3
Martin Spinnangr	Total	37	20	11	0.243	3	0	0	2
	1	17	8	7	0.059	1	0	0	1
	2	20	12	4	0.400	2	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	105	55	20	0.333	0	39	5	15
Martin Spinnangr	77	40	19	0.273	4	5	3	9
Total	182	95	39	0.308	4	44	8	24
Opponents	129	68	9	0.457	7	33	8	6

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

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 23-39 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 14 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-2
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	14-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-16, 21-14	0:41
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-4
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-19, 23-21	0:43
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Santos	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-16, 20-22, 15-9	0:59
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	5	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	21-14, 13-21, 15-9	0:50
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 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 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-3
7/4/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Klemperer/Koreng	11	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-16, 21-14	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Wu/Xu	6	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	9	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-3
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	27	19-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:58
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	20	21-11, 28-26	0:44
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	25-23, 22-20	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	10	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	21-18, 21-19	0:35
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Gavira/Herrera	8	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	24-22, 21-16	0:38
7/4/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Gavira/Herrera	3	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:00
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Benes/Kubala	12	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:58
Lead the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Skarlund/Spinnangr	27	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-2
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	21-15, 21-17	0:38
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Nummerdor/Schuil	9	24-22, 22-20	0:43
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 17-9 Retired	0:31
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24 Jennings/Wong, United States 0-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Jennings/Wong	21, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 25 Ces/Ces, France 0-2
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	18, Q3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-14, 21-23, 15-13	0:55
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Ces/Ces	28, Q2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-15, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	Lochhead/Pitman	25	21-18, 28-26	0:46
Series tied with # 27 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-19, 21-18	0:39
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 # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-3
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-18, 21-16	0:37
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Skarlund/Spinnangr	27	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:58
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	20	11-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 31 "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 # 32 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	Lario/Mesa	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
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 # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	20	Jaani/Vesik	13	21-12, 21-10	0:32
Series tied with # 35 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
Series tied with # 36 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	21-13, 17-21, 15-10	0:47
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Dollinger/Windscheif	3, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 38 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-4
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-18, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-14, 24-22	0:44
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 39 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
Series tied with # 41 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24, Q7	21-17, 21-17	0:43
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	32, Q31	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 43 Lupo/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Lupo/Tomatis	43	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 44 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 2-1
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Doppler/Mellitzer	32	Skarlund/Spinnangr	27	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:00
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Doppler/Mellitzer	28, Q10	21-18, 13-21, 15-9	0:52
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Doppler/Mellitzer	Q11	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Series tied with # 45 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	21-12, 16-21, 15-12	0:55
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 # 48 Abreu/Silva, Angola 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	Abreu/Silva	29	21-8, 21-7	0:36