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US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 25 - 29, 2006

(20) 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 Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Imara Esteves Ribalta - 17th	Milagros Crespo - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-22/2006	St. Petersburg Open	14	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	26, Q2	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	26, Q3	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	17	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	11	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	17	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	19	17th	112	US$4,750.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/26/2006	Winner 1	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (13)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:37
Wed, 7/26/2006	Winner 2	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (4)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 12-15	1:00
Thu, 7/27/2006	Contender 2	Linjun Ji / Lu Wang, China (14)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:54
Thu, 7/27/2006	Contender 3	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (22)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Thu, 7/27/2006	Contender 4	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (26)	Won 21-16, 26-24	0:44
Fri, 7/28/2006	Contender 5	Leila Barros / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (6)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:47

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 %
2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	2	$34,250.00	23	18	56.1 %
2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	1	1	$48,750.00	18	17	51.4 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	$39,850.00	17	12	58.6 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	5	12	2	6	$153,725.00	78	64	54.9 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	$17,125.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	$17,125.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	1	$24,375.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	1	$24,375.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$19,925.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$19,925.00
44	0	0	0	0	5	16	13	4	6	$92,747.50	Total	Total	35	0	0	0	0	5	10	12	2	6	$76,862.50

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%
2005-2006	40	72.7%	5	9.1%	10	18.2%	45-10	81.8%	9	22.5%	8	20.0%	23	57.5%	9-31	22.5%	40-23	63.5%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	54-41	56.8%
Against the Field	49	66.2%	9	12.2%	16	21.6%	58-16	78.4%	18	21.7%	11	13.3%	54	65.1%	18-65	21.7%	98-108	47.6%	54-54	50.0%	0	0	76-81	48.4%

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 30-31 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 12 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	11, Q8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	23, Q6	21-18, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	21-15, 24-22	0:35
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-4
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	21-15, 21-13	0:36
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	Bede/Behar	2	21-19, 17-21, 35-33	1:28
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	23, Q6	21-19, 21-14	0:37
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:41
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	24-22, 21-11	0:35
Series tied with # 4 Tian/Wang, China 1-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	Tian/Wang	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 6 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 5	Barros/Connelly	6	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-19, 21-18	0:47
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	25, Q1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-3
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	21-19, 21-12	0:39
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:35
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 9 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 0-1
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Barrera/Hamzaoui	29, Q21	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q5	23-21, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	Arjona/Kadjo	16	22-24, 21-17, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 12 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 3-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	22-20, 21-17	0:36
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	18	21-14, 21-18	0:36
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	14, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 3-2
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Kadijk/Mooren	13	21-16, 21-13	0:37
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	Kadijk/Mooren	7	26-24, 21-17	0:44
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	Kadijk/Mooren	7	21-16, 21-12	0:32
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	10	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	19-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:57
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Kadijk/Mooren	15	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:52
Series tied with # 14 Ji/Wang, China 1-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Ji/Wang	14	19-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:54
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Ji/Wang	14, Q4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-14, 18-21, 15-7	0:51
Series tied with # 15 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-1
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-19, 21-13	0:39
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	23, Q6	Cook/Sanderson	7	21-18, 24-26, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	21-14, 21-14	0:31
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	21	21-19, 22-20	0:34
Series tied with # 17 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 # 19 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-12, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	Nystrom/Nystrom	31	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 22 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-3
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Gattelli/Perrotta	22	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	20	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	28-26, 21-18	0:47
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 # 24 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22, Q3	21-12, 21-19	0:35
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	Q29	21-13, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 25 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-14, 13-21, 16-14	1:00
Series tied with # 26 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	26	21-16, 26-24	0:44
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	24-22, 22-20	0:54
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-15, 21-9	0:37
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	16	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-13, 21-17	0:33
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 Boileau/Mondor, Canada 1-0
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q3	Boileau/Mondor	Q30	21-15, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q6 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 2-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Kusuhara/Urata	29, Q3	21-16, 21-12	0:42
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Kusuhara/Urata	18	21-14, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # Q7 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 3-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Lessard/Maxwell	16	21-17, 21-12	0:37
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q4	21-15, 18-21, 19-17	0:56
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q10	17-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:48
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	Lessard/Maxwell	31, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 2-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	19, Q4	21-13, 21-8	0:29
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q3	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	Q14	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # Q16 Turner/Wilson, United States 0-1
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Turner/Wilson	25, Q20	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q3	21-18, 25-23	0:44
Lead the series against # Q20 Suzuki/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	Suzuki/Teru Saiki	Q18	10-21, 21-9, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # Q22 Erni/Graessli, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q3	Erni/Graessli	10	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q31 Makabe/Oguri, Japan 1-0
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	Makabe/Oguri	Q31	21-16, 21-19	0:36