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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(31, Q21) Dmitri Barsuk/Nikita Liamin, Russia

Dmitri Barsuk
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 1980 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$415,805.74

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$165,173.19

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,403.50
FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	3	1	1	US$45,775.00
Overall	16	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	3	3	1	1	US$50,178.50

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Roman Arkaev - 17th	Did not play
2004	Roman Arkaev - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 1	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (Q12)	Won 20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 2	Ryan Doherty / John Mayer, United States (Q5)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:35
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool B	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (2)	Lost 23-25, 16-21	0:40
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool B	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (15)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:48
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool B	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (18)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:39

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	1	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$15,775.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	15	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	3	3	2	$48,275.00

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	2	$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	15	$152,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	$44,000.00
68	1	2	4	2	8	21	12	9	10	$173,237.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	1	1	1	5	7	11	3	2	$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
9	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	$18,250.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	$8,500.00
146	3	3	5	7	18	34	31	19	27	$386,072.50	Total	63	2	2	2	2	7	18	16	8	6	$158,437.50

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 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	4	2	66.7 %
2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	$8,000.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	$25,000.00	21	15	58.3 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	4	2	66.7 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2003	CEV
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
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2004	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$26,250.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,650.00	2005	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	$22,150.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$4,125.00	2006	CEV
13	0	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	$99,100.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,700.00	2007	CEV
12	1	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	$71,350.00	2008	FIVB
3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00	2008	CEV
11	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$55,050.00	2009	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$3,450.00	2009	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	$11,800.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2015	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	$4,000.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	$4,000.00
153	3	4	5	10	20	38	29	18	27	$388,860.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	4	$13,125.00

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	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	16	76.2%	2	9.5%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	5	20.8%	5	20.8%	14	58.3%	5-19	20.8%	32-22	59.3%	14-16	46.7%	2	1	25-20	55.6%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	12	2	21	18	0	0	8	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	42	30

Head to Head Results
Barsuk/Liamin trail the series against the field 12-13 (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 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
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 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool B	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	2	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	25-23, 21-16	0:40
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool B	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	2	Barsuk/Liamin	15, Q4	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 9 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Doppler/Horst	17	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	21-11, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 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
Trail the series against # 18 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool B	Rego/Santos	18	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 19 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-1
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
Series tied with # 23, Q1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
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 # 24 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Semi-Finals	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Barsuk/Liamin	20	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 26, Q2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q6	21-16, 21-17	0:30
Series tied with # 28, Q9 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-1
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q6	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	21-18, 21-19	0:37
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Winner 2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	12, Q1	Barsuk/Liamin	15, Q4	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q5 Doherty/Mayer, United States 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	Doherty/Mayer	Q5	22-20, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q11 Caminati/Rossi, Italy 1-0
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	Caminati/Rossi	22	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q12 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q12	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q13 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q15 Azaad/Bianchi, Argentina 2-0
2/23/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	Azaad/Bianchi	Q9	By Forfeit
9/23/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	Azaad/Bianchi	Q7	23-21, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # Q18 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	28, Q10	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	25-23, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q23 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool B	Barsuk/Liamin	15, Q4	Daguerre/Salvetti	10	21-18, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # Q24 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q6	Gregory/Sheaf	23, Q3	21-16, 21-18	0:33