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August 10 - 14, 2011

(13) 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Jorre Kjemperud - 25th	Sigmund Wergeland - Country Quota
FIVB 2008	Jorre Kjemperud - 9th	Ronny Berntsen - 41st
FIVB 2009	Martin Spinnangr - 7th	Tarjei Skarlund - 7th
FIVB 2010	Martin Spinnangr - 9th	Tarjei Skarlund - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	21	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	21	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

CEV European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool M	Mykola Babich / Oleksandr Ioisher, Ukraine (20)	Won 29-27, 17-21, 16-14	0:56
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool M	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (29)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 13-15	0:49
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool M	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (4)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:39
Fri, 8/12/2011	Winner 1	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (15)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:34
Sat, 8/13/2011	Winner 2	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (3)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:38

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	$35,750.00	16	15	51.6 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00	11	6	64.7 %
2010	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	3	0	$81,600.00	20	28	41.7 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	$60,000.00	16	21	43.2 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	1	0	1	2	2	5	2	9	5	5	$183,750.00	55	68	44.7 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$7,200.00	13	10	56.5 %

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
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
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
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
9	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	$30,000.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	$30,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
152	1	1	0	3	23	39	34	14	37	$272,155.00	Total	Total	43	0	1	0	1	4	12	11	6	8	$97,825.00

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	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%
2010-2011	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-6	40.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%

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 trail the series against the field 18-31 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-4
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
7/3/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
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 # 2 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-4
7/3/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Fijalek/Prudel	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-14, 21-14	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 3 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
8/13/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Series tied with # 4 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool M	Erdmann/Matysik	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-18, 21-18	0:39
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Erdmann/Matysik	11	21-15, 21-23, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 5 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-15, 15-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-3
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
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 # 8 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Chevallier/Heyer	24	22-20, 27-25	0:50
Trail the series against # 12 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Koshkarev/Semenov	12	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-6
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Klemperer/Koreng	12	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:59
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
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
Lead the series against # 15 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-0
8/12/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Benes/Kubala	15	21-14, 21-15	0:34
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Benes/Kubala	12	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-0
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool M	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Babich/Ioisher	20	29-27, 17-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 22 "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
Series tied with # 23 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-2
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q10	13-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:48
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
Series tied with # 24 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 # 27 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Laciga/Weingart	25, Q7	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 29 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool M	Hoyer/Soderberg	29	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:49
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Hoyer/Soderberg	28	21-15, 21-17	0:36
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Hoyer/Soderberg	25	21-17, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 30 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 # 32 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