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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003

(29) Roman Arkaev/Dmitri Barsuk, Russia

Roman Arkaev
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 25, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Simferopol

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$84,665.00

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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	10	6	5	4	US$137,800.00

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	Spain Open	27, Q10	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q16	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q19	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	27, Q16	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	29, Q21	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool E	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (5)	Lost 11-21, 23-25	0:42
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool E	Kentaro Asahi / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (44)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:40
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool E	Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong, United States (20)	Lost 23-21, 17-21, 12-15	1:05
Thu, 10/16/2003	Winner 1	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 13-15	0:52

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Dmitri Barsuk - 17th	Roman Arkaev - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Dmitri Barsuk - 9th	Roman Arkaev - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Alexander Kuzmichev - 17th	Igor Kolodinsky - 2nd
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Igor Kolodinsky - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Alexey Yutvalin - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Yaroslav Koshkarev - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	29	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	14	9th	400	US$13,500.00

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$35,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	5	5	0	$84,000.00
Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	10	6	0	$137,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Roman Arkaev												Dmitri Barsuk
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,750.00	World Championships	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$38,650.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$23,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	52	1	0	0	3	4	6	13	10	0	$152,375.00
42	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	9	0	$47,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	1	2	4	2	8	21	12	9	0	$173,237.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$715.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,235.00
											Satellite	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00
64	0	0	0	0	3	12	14	12	0	$84,665.00	Total	137	3	3	4	6	15	32	29	19	0	$367,822.50

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$13,500.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$13,500.00	15	14	51.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Roman Arkaev													Dmitri Barsuk
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$275.00	2001	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,635.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$440.00	2002	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	$6,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	$6,750.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	9	$7,465.00	Total	Total	20	1	0	0	1	1	4	4	4	6	$11,635.00

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	47	74.6%	8	12.7%	8	12.7%	55-8	87.3%	10	13.9%	20	27.8%	42	58.3%	10-62	13.9%	47-42	52.8%	18-28	39.1%	1	0	66-70	48.5%
2002-2003	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	5	29.4%	5	29.4%	7	41.2%	5-12	29.4%	7-7	50.0%	7-7	50.0%	1	0	15-14	51.7%
Against the Field	12	70.6%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	5.7%	10	28.6%	23	65.7%	2-33	5.7%	24-44	35.3%	8-26	23.5%	1	0	17-35	32.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	17	4	3	6	0	0	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	45
Total	0	0	21	9	5	10	0	0	14	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	70

Head to Head Results
Arkaev/Barsuk trail the series against the field 4-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	21-15, 21-19	0:37
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	Laciga/Laciga	4	18-21, 21-1, 15-0 Retired	0:25
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	21-15, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-11, 25-23	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q19	21-12, 19-21, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	20	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	21-12, 24-22	0:43
Trail the series against # 18 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	20-22, 23-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 20 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Fonoimoana/Wong	20	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-23, 21-17, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 21 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	13	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	21-17, 18-21, 19-17	1:07
Lead the series against # 27 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	16-21, 21-15, 20-18	1:02
Trail the series against # 35 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Klemperer/Rademacher	29, Q13	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q20	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 44 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	Asahi/Nishimura	44	21-18, 21-18	0:40