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(14) Roman Arkaev/Dmitri Barsuk, Russia

Roman Arkaev
Russia

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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:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$107,390.04

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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$29,361.93
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	10	6	5	4	US$137,800.00
Overall	45	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	6	10	6	5	4	US$167,161.93

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Pavel Karpukhin - 33rd	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 25th
2003	Dmitri Barsuk - 41st	Roman Arkaev - 41st
2004	Dmitri Barsuk - 17th	Roman Arkaev - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	14	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	24	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	12	7th	180	US$7,000.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		9th	34	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	22	13th	162	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	12, Q4	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	18, Q6	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	17, Q9	17th	120	US$5,000.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 2	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (46)	Won 31-29, 24-22	1:01
Thu, 6/23/2005	Winner 3	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (3)	Won 26-24, 26-24	1:01
Fri, 6/24/2005	Winner 4	Marvin Polte / Thorsten Schoen, Germany (43)	Lost 21-12, 21-23, 11-15	0:58
Sat, 6/25/2005	Contender 5	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:42

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	5	$35,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	5	5	4	$84,000.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
Total	41	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	6	10	6	9	$151,300.00

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	2	$38,650.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	6	$23,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	52	1	0	0	3	4	6	13	10	15	$152,375.00
42	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	9	17	$47,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	1	2	4	2	8	21	12	9	10	$173,237.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	$18,250.00
67	0	0	0	1	4	13	14	12	24	$91,415.00	Total	146	3	3	5	7	18	34	31	19	27	$386,072.50

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 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	7	2	77.8 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	4	$35,500.00	24	18	57.1 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	6	6	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$22,500.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	5	3	8	$71,500.00	45	38	54.2 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$13,250.00	13	8	61.9 %

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
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,375.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$12,250.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$12,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
36	0	0	0	1	3	10	6	4	13	$45,815.00	Total	Total	42	1	0	0	2	5	11	7	6	11	$49,235.00

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%
2004-2005	31	79.5%	5	12.8%	3	7.7%	36-3	92.3%	3	7.9%	8	21.1%	27	71.1%	3-35	7.9%	31-27	53.4%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	39-38	50.6%
Against the Field	21	75.0%	3	10.7%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	4	11.4%	10	28.6%	21	60.0%	4-31	11.4%	42-42	50.0%	14-28	33.3%	0	0	28-35	44.4%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	6
Total	0	0	23	9	10	11	0	0	17	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	77	76

Head to Head Results
Arkaev/Barsuk trail the series against the field 17-19 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Rego/Santos	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	16	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-14, 21-18	0:42
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 2-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Neto/Ramos	3	26-24, 26-24	1:01
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	Neto/Ramos	2	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-5
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	22-24, 21-17, 15-13	0:59
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	21-16, 21-19	0:38
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Arkaev/Barsuk		24-22, 26-24	0:47
8/31/03	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-15, 16-21, 15-11	1:05
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 # 7 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-3
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	3	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	21-15, 21-17	0:38
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Arkaev/Barsuk	22	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	22	Schacht/Slack	12	19-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 13 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	22	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	22-20, 21-13	0:45
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk		Brink/Schneider		21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q13	28-26, 22-20	0:54
Lead the series against # 15 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21	21-16, 21-14	0:34
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-18, 21-19	0:41
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Arkaev/Barsuk		Herrera/Mesa		24-22, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	Kais/Vesik	13	32-30, 21-19	0:51
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	18	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:48
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	21-17, 30-28	0:41
Lead the series against # 25 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Child/Heese	19	24-22, 28-26	0:50
Trail the series against # 27 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	21	Arkaev/Barsuk	12, Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:30
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	16	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:44
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool F	Arkaev/Barsuk		Gartmayer/Nowotny		21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 41 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Lochhead/Pitman	Q25	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 42 Canet/Hamel, France 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 2	Canet/Hamel		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-17, 16-21, 19-17
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk		Canet/Hamel		21-17, 21-19	0:48
Series tied with # 43 Polte/Schoen, Germany 1-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Polte/Schoen	43	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	12-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:58
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	22-20, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 46 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Gosch/Strauss	46	31-29, 24-22	1:01
Trail the series against # 48 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