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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 7 - 12, 2003

(26) Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba

Milagros Victoria Crespo Valle
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cabaiguan

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$179,572.50

Imara Esteves Ribalta
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

171 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$171,737.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	67	0	0	0	0	3	7	16	10	21	4	5	1	US$327,375.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	20	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/22-24/2003	Bali Open	7	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	15	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	20, Q7	17th	108	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	15, Q4	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q4	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	24	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2003	Pool B	Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:42
Wed, 10/8/2003	Pool B	Larissa Maestrini / Ana Richa, Brazil (47)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 22-20	0:54
Wed, 10/8/2003	Pool B	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (23)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:44

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Imara Esteves Ribalta - 37th	Milagros Crespo - 37th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Imara Esteves Ribalta - 13th	Milagros Crespo - 13th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Imara Esteves Ribalta - 17th	Milagros Crespo - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	26	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	31	13th	300	US$10,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	21	17th	200	US$7,000.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$19,375.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	10	2	0	$118,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	0	0	3	5	10	9	10	2	0	$189,400.00
Total	67	0	0	0	0	3	7	16	10	21	4	0	$327,375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Milagros Crespo												Imara Esteves Ribalta
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,687.50	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$13,187.50
23	0	0	0	0	2	7	10	2	0	$64,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	2	0	$61,850.00
49	0	0	0	0	8	23	11	4	0	$105,585.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	0	0	0	0	8	19	10	4	0	$96,700.00
76	0	0	0	0	10	32	22	6	0	$179,572.50	Total	72	0	0	0	0	10	26	23	6	0	$171,737.50

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
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	3	$30,875.00	20	17	54.1 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	3	$30,875.00	20	17	54.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Milagros Crespo													Imara Esteves Ribalta
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	1	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$14,885.00	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	$15,437.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	$15,437.50
19	0	0	0	0	1	8	5	2	3	$31,322.50	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	$15,437.50

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	104	71.2%	16	11.0%	26	17.8%	120-26	82.2%	28	21.1%	21	15.8%	84	63.2%	28-105	21.1%	104-84	55.3%	44-47	48.4%	1	0	149-131	53.2%
2002-2003	15	88.2%	2	11.8%	0	0.0%	17-0	100.0%	2	10.5%	1	5.3%	16	84.2%	2-17	10.5%	15-16	48.4%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	20-17	54.1%
Against the Field	14	46.7%	8	26.7%	8	26.7%	22-8	73.3%	8	14.0%	6	10.5%	43	75.4%	8-49	14.0%	28-84	25.0%	32-28	53.3%	1	0	31-56	35.6%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	12	2	20	16	0	0	7	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	42
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	3	9	6	0	0	32	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	95	80
Total	0	0	24	5	33	27	0	0	41	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	149	131

Head to Head Results
Crespo/Esteves Ribalta trail the series against the field 7-16 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Connelly/Pires	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	24-22, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-17, 21-11	0:34
8/23/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-2
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	McPeak/Youngs	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	McPeak/Youngs	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	21-18, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	24	21-13, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	21-17, 21-7	0:32
Series tied with # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool B	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-14, 21-17	0:34
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 18 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Kadijk/Leenstra	13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-17, 26-24	0:44
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 23 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Hakedal/Torlen	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26	21-19, 21-17	0:44
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	Hakedal/Torlen	Q13	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 25 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Gattelli/Perrotta	15	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	21-14, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 29 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	Glesnes/Maaseide	18	16-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against # 33 Nagy/Petho, Hungary 1-0
8/23/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Nagy/Petho	12	21-16, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 39 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	24	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	9	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 40 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 0-2
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q11	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:36
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q4	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 45 Seike/Yamakawa, Japan 1-0
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	Seike/Yamakawa	Q29	23-21, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 47 Maestrini/Richa, Brazil 1-0
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26	Maestrini/Richa	47	21-19, 13-21, 22-20	0:54