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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Québec Open Jeep 2011 presented by Videotron
July 19 - 24, 2011

(4) 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 Québec Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	9	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	19	37th	40	US$3,400.00
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

Québec Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/21/2011	Winner 1	Alvaro Filho / Neilton Santos, Brazil (29)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:37
Thu, 7/21/2011	Contender 1	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (13)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:37

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	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	3	0	$81,600.00	20	28	41.7 %
2011	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	$41,700.00	11	16	40.7 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	1	0	1	1	2	5	2	8	5	5	$165,450.00	50	63	44.2 %

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
12	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	$40,800.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	$40,800.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$20,850.00	2011	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$20,850.00
133	1	1	0	2	17	30	32	14	36	$248,417.50	Total	Total	35	0	1	0	1	3	8	8	6	8	$85,075.00

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%
2010-2011	21	48.8%	8	18.6%	14	32.6%	29-14	67.4%	10	19.6%	10	19.6%	31	60.8%	10-41	19.6%	21-31	40.4%	18-24	42.9%	0	0	39-55	41.5%
Against the Field	16	66.7%	4	16.7%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	6	20.0%	7	23.3%	17	56.7%	6-24	20.0%	32-30	51.6%	20-22	47.6%	0	2	26-28	48.1%

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 lead the series against the field 19-18 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 Eithun/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Eithun/Hoidalen	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-5
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	14-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
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
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
Lead the series against # 9 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 1-0
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Redmann/Saxton	31, Q14	21-16, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-2
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-15, 21-19	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 14 "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 # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17, Q6 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19, Q1 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 # 20 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
Series tied with # 21 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 # 22 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Dugrip/Salvetti	25, Q4	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 29 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	29	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against Keenan/Patterson, United States 1-0
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Keenan/Patterson	18, Q12	15-21, 21-10, 15-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q3 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Boehm/Kapa	28, Q18	21-16, 21-17	0:36