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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 18, 2016

(23) Dmitri Barsuk/Nikita Liamin, Russia

Dmitri Barsuk
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$367,822.50

Nikita Liamin
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gorkiy

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$149,937.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	3	1	1	US$45,775.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Roman Arkaev - 17th	Did not play
2004	Roman Arkaev - 7th	Did not play
2016	Nikita Liamin - 25th	Dmitri Barsuk - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	25	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	Q11	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	30	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	24, Q5	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	26, Q5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	32, Q13	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	26, Q8	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	26, Q6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	Q13	41st	30	US$0.00

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/6/2016

Pool B

Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (2)

Lost 15-21, 14-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dmitri Barsuk	Total	14	7	0	0.500	0	4	0	0
	1	14	7	0	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Nikita Liamin	Total	18	10	0	0.556	2	1	1	6
	1	18	10	0	0.556	2	1	1	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/8/2016

Pool B

Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (11)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dmitri Barsuk	Total	13	8	0	0.615	0	4	0	0
	1	13	8	0	0.615	0	4	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Nikita Liamin	Total	17	16	0	0.941	6	0	2	6
	1	17	16	0	0.941	6	0	2	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/10/2016

Pool B

Markus Bockermann / Lars Fluggen, Germany (14)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dmitri Barsuk	Total	23	13	0	0.565	0	7	3	0
	1	23	13	0	0.565	0	7	3	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Nikita Liamin	Total	20	15	0	0.750	4	3	1	2
	1	20	15	0	0.750	4	3	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/13/2016

Winner 1

Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)

Won 16-21, 21-14, 15-10

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dmitri Barsuk	Total	14	9	0	0.643	0	7	1	0
	1	14	9	0	0.643	0	7	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Nikita Liamin	Total	36	21	0	0.583	5	0	2	6
	1	36	21	0	0.583	5	0	2	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/15/2016

Winner 2

Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (10)

Lost 18-21, 22-20, 11-15

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dmitri Barsuk	Total	27	18	0	0.667	0	14	0	0
	1	27	18	0	0.667	0	14	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Nikita Liamin	Total	31	20	0	0.645	4	2	0	3
	1	31	20	0	0.645	4	2	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dmitri Barsuk	91	55	0	0.604	0	36	4	0
Nikita Liamin	122	82	0	0.672	21	6	6	23
Total	213	137	0	0.643	21	42	10	23
Opponents	229	134	0	0.585	18	28	14	28

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Roman Arkaev - 17th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Roman Arkaev - 9th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Igor Kolodinsky - 2nd	Did not play
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Igor Kolodinsky - 9th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Igor Kolodinsky - 17th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Alexey Yutvalin - 37th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Yaroslav Koshkarev - 37th	Did not play
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Nikita Liamin - 5th	Dmitri Barsuk - 5th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Viacheslav Krasilnikov - 3rd
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Did not play	Viacheslav Krasilnikov - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Taras Myskiv - 9th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Did not play	Taras Myskiv - 17th

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$15,775.00
Total	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	3	0	$45,775.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dmitri Barsuk												Nikita Liamin
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$38,650.00	World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,000.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,500.00
52	1	0	0	3	4	6	13	10	0	$152,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	$44,000.00
68	1	2	4	2	8	21	12	9	0	$173,237.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	1	1	1	5	7	11	3	0	$56,887.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$15,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,235.00	Challenger
5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	Satellite
137	3	3	4	6	15	32	29	19	0	$367,822.50	Total	57	2	2	2	1	7	14	16	7	0	$149,937.50

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
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$17,000.00	12	6	66.7 %
2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	2	2	$28,775.00	28	22	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	3	2	$45,775.00	40	28	58.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dmitri Barsuk													Nikita Liamin
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	1999	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,635.00	2001	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2002	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	$6,750.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2003	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$26,250.00	2005	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	$22,150.00	2006	FIVB
13	0	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	$99,100.00	2007	FIVB
12	1	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	$71,350.00	2008	FIVB
11	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$55,050.00	2009	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$12,150.00	2010	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$5,200.00	2011	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	$10,800.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,500.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	$8,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	$11,800.00	2015	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	$14,387.50	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	2	$15,387.50
137	3	3	4	6	15	32	29	19	27	$367,822.50	Total	Total	18	0	0	1	0	2	4	3	3	5	$23,887.50

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	24	70.6%	5	14.7%	5	14.7%	29-5	85.3%	9	29.0%	6	19.4%	16	51.6%	9-22	29.0%	24-16	60.0%	14-11	56.0%	2	1	40-28	58.8%
2015-2016	17	77.3%	2	9.1%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	8	30.8%	6	23.1%	12	46.2%	8-18	30.8%	17-12	58.6%	10-9	52.6%	1	1	28-22	56.0%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	12.5%	5	31.3%	9	56.3%	2-14	12.5%	14-14	50.0%	6-14	30.0%	1	1	11-15	42.3%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	1	5	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	12	6	0	0	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	13
Total	0	0	12	2	19	17	0	0	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	40	28

Head to Head Results
Barsuk/Liamin trail the series against the field 11-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	20-22, 21-17, 15-10	0:47
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
8/6/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Barsuk/Liamin	23	21-15, 21-14	0:37
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Barsuk/Liamin	30	21-14, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
8/13/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Barsuk/Liamin	23	Goncalves/Solberg	4	16-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool B	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	2	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	25-23, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	21-16, 21-12	0:28
Trail the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Barsuk/Liamin	24, Q5	5-2 Retired	0:03
Series tied with # 10 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
8/15/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Barsuk/Liamin	23	21-18, 20-22, 15-11	0:50
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Barsuk/Liamin	24, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	9	25-23, 21-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-1
8/8/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool B	Barsuk/Liamin	23	Kantor/Losiak	11	21-14, 21-17	0:34
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q6	21-12, 19-21, 18-16	0:44
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	Kantor/Losiak	16	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-2
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Carambula/Ranghieri	14	Barsuk/Liamin	30	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:49
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	21-11, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-0
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool H	Barsuk/Liamin	25	Doppler/Horst	8	22-20, 21-16	0:33
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Doppler/Horst	17	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 14 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 2-0
8/10/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool B	Barsuk/Liamin	23	Bockermann/Fluggen	14	21-14, 21-17	0:36
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 1	Barsuk/Liamin	25	Bockermann/Fluggen	7	25-27, 21-12, 21-19	0:56
Trail the series against # 17 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	21-17, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	Huber/Seidl	17	24-22, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 24 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	Binstock/Schachter	10	21-18, 21-16	0:34
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	10	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Binstock/Schachter	Q4	27-25, 21-13	0:39