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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(18) 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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	22	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	25	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	19	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	16	17th	120	US$2,800.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/28/2012

Pool F

Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (7)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	18	8	0	0.444	0	5	1	1
	1	18	8	0	0.444	0	5	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Martin Spinnangr	Total	23	12	0	0.522	4	1	1	0
	1	23	12	0	0.522	4	1	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 7/30/2012

Pool F

Josh Binstock / Martin Reader, Canada (19)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	13	11	0	0.846	0	8	2	4
	1	13	11	0	0.846	0	8	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Martin Spinnangr	Total	23	14	0	0.609	1	1	2	2
	1	23	14	0	0.609	1	1	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/1/2012

Pool F

John Garcia-Thompson / Steve Grotowski, England (6)

Won 22-20, 21-13

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	21	10	0	0.476	0	11	0	3
	1	21	10	0	0.476	0	11	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Martin Spinnangr	Total	26	17	0	0.654	5	3	1	1
	1	26	17	0	0.654	5	3	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2012

Winner 1

Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (17)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	Total	13	9	0	0.692	0	7	0	3
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	7	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Martin Spinnangr	Total	35	14	0	0.400	1	0	1	1
	1	35	14	0	0.400	1	0	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tarjei Skarlund	65	38	0	0.585	0	31	3	11
Martin Spinnangr	107	57	0	0.533	11	5	5	4
Total	172	95	0	0.552	11	36	8	15
Opponents	169	96	0	0.568	15	44	5	16

Olympic Games, 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
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Jorre Kjemperud - 19th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Martin Spinnangr - 17th	Tarjei Skarlund - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Martin Spinnangr - 37th	Tarjei Skarlund - 37th

Head to Head Results
Skarlund/Spinnangr trail the series against the field 17-40 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	21-18, 21-12	0:34
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Cerutti/Rego	1	14-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-5
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	20	By Forfeit
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	21-16, 21-16	0:38
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	26-24, 21-11	0:42
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 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 # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-2
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:50
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 # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-1
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	6	22-20, 21-13	0:41
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/28/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cunha/Santos	7	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-1
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Skarlund/Spinnangr	22	22-20, 18-21, 16-14	1:02
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Erdmann/Matysik	11	21-15, 21-23, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-5
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	21-12, 21-18	0:34
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 # 10 Wu/Xu, China 1-2
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Wu/Xu	8	24-22, 15-21, 15-10	0:52
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 # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-4
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-18, 21-17	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-11, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 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 # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 2-6
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Skarlund/Spinnangr	22	21-15, 30-28	0:46
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-18, 21-15	0:38
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
Series tied with # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 2-2
8/3/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	17	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	21-18, 21-16	0:40
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	17	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	21-18, 34-32	0:49
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Plavins/Smedins	16	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-15, 15-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 19 Binstock/Reader, Canada 1-0
7/30/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	Binstock/Reader	19	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Skarlund/Spinnangr	22	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	21-12, 16-21, 15-7	0:43