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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 European Championship Final
September 16 - 19, 2009

(9) Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia

Inese Jursone
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Limbazi

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$137,426.29

Inguna Minusa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 17, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$163,854.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	31	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	31	1	0	1	2	3	4	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$93,435.58
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,296.77
FIVB	72	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	19	0	11	0	1	14	1	16	1	US$159,750.00
FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,200.00
Overall	108	2	0	2	2	5	5	11	9	23	3	12	1	1	14	1	16	1	US$259,682.35

Previous Sochi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Inguna Minusa - 3rd	Inese Jursone - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/9-13/2009	English Masters	4	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	27, Q3	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q7	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	32	33rd	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	23	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	20	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	24	17th	200	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	7	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	7	7th	300	€ 1,400.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	7	5th	360	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	4	3rd	960	€ 6,400.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/16/2009	Pool A	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (1)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:39
Wed, 9/16/2009	Pool A	Anastasia Barsuk / Ekaterina Birlova, Russia (16)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:39
Thu, 9/17/2009	Pool A	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (8)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
Fri, 9/18/2009	Winner 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (3)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:35
Fri, 9/18/2009	Semi-Finals	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (1)	Won 13-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:51
Sat, 9/19/2009	Gold Medal	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (2)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$17,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	$52,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	13	7	0	$89,550.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Confederation Championship	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	$23,250.00
Total	83	2	0	1	0	3	0	4	5	23	12	0	$188,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Inese Jursone												Inguna Minusa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,700.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,400.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	$26,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	0	$29,650.00
41	0	0	0	0	0	8	14	7	0	$45,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	9	17	11	0	$55,960.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$2,100.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$11,875.00	Confederation Championship	12	1	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$15,850.00
90	2	0	1	0	3	10	24	13	0	$95,400.00	Total	130	2	0	1	0	3	14	30	19	0	$115,560.00

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
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$4,000.00	6	10	37.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	0	100.0 %
2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,250.00	3	8	27.3 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	$18,400.00	15	14	51.7 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	$4,775.00	5	10	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	$41,100.00	17	23	42.5 %
2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$11,325.00	10	10	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	3	2	$47,700.00	17	27	38.6 %
2008	CEV	7	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$18,400.00	13	14	48.1 %
2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	2	$31,250.00	10	20	33.3 %
2009	CEV	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$17,400.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	51	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	17	8	17	$142,450.00	65	94	40.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	12	3	80.0 %
Total	CEV	27	1	0	1	2	2	4	6	4	6	0	1	$59,150.00	41	51	44.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Inese Jursone													Inguna Minusa
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1999	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$525.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2000	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
											2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$5,250.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	$7,685.00
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age
											2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	$1,500.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
											2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,000.00
											2004	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,000.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,625.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,625.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$9,200.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$9,200.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$2,387.50	2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$2,387.50
12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	$20,550.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	$20,550.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$5,662.50	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$5,662.50
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	2	$23,850.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	2	$23,850.00
7	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	$9,200.00	2008	CEV	7	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	$9,200.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	2	$15,625.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	2	$15,625.00
5	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$8,700.00	2009	CEV	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$8,700.00
88	2	1	3	2	10	20	23	8	19	$104,925.00	Total	Total	132	3	2	2	2	11	24	31	15	42	$128,660.00

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	28	58.3%	10	20.8%	10	20.8%	38-10	79.2%	9	14.8%	10	16.4%	42	68.9%	9-52	14.8%	28-42	40.0%	19-20	48.7%	0	0	47-62	43.1%
2008-2009	14	58.3%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	3	13.6%	4	18.2%	15	68.2%	3-19	13.6%	14-15	48.3%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	23-23	50.0%
Against the Field	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	2	14.3%	0	0.0%	12	85.7%	2-12	14.3%	10-24	29.4%	14-6	70.0%	0	0	12-15	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	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	19	21	8	22	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	23	11	0	0	0	0	13	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	67
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	18
Total	0	0	42	32	15	36	0	0	28	44	3	0	1	0	2	0	109	145

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 16-28 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-5
9/18/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	9	Mouha/Van Breedam	1	13-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:51
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Mouha/Van Breedam	1	Jursone/Minusa	9	22-20, 21-17	0:39
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	2	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-14, 21-14	0:35
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	Jursone/Minusa	24	21-19, 21-11	0:41
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Mouha/Van Breedam	7	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 3	Mouha/Van Breedam	15, Q7	Jursone/Minusa	6	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-7
9/19/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Jursone/Minusa	9	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-14, 21-14	0:31
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-14, 21-16	0:36
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-16, 21-19	0:37
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-14, 21-14	0:33
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Jursone/Minusa	20	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:51
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-19, 21-16	0:43
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-3
9/18/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	9	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-15, 21-17	0:35
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Jursone/Minusa	27, Q3	By Forfeit
5/9/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 4	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-14, 21-16	0:31
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Semi-Finals	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	3	Jursone/Minusa	4	23-25, 21-19, 15-10	0:57
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	Jursone/Minusa	25	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 5 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	22-24, 21-18, 20-18	1:06
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Jursone/Minusa	4	Prokopeva/Ukolova	11	23-21, 15-21, 15-11	1:04
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	21	Prokopeva/Ukolova	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-3
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	7	Hakedal/Torlen	2	21-19, 21-16	0:38
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Jursone/Minusa	20	Hakedal/Torlen	13	21-23, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Bronze Medal	Hakedal/Torlen	2	Jursone/Minusa	4	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:01
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	6	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-14, 21-12	0:35
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Jursone/Minusa	13	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 8 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 3-1
9/17/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	9	Kolocova/Slukova	8	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	7	Kolocova/Slukova	13, Q4	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 3	Kolocova/Slukova	14, Q5	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-15, 21-18	0:35
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	4	Kolocova/Slukova	15, Q12	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-2
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Jursone/Minusa	20	21-14, 21-15	0:33
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	15	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 12 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-2
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	11	Jursone/Minusa	22	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	19	Jursone/Minusa	20	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 13 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Mooren/Wesselink	10	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-18, 21-15	0:38
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	4	Mooren/Wesselink	5	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 3-1
7/1/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q20	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	0:49
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	14	Petrova/Skalnikova	19	21-14, 21-18	0:36
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	21-11, 21-14	0:31
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Contender 4	Petrova/Skalnikova	1	Jursone/Minusa	6	26-24, 25-23	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	11	Baquerizo/Fernandez	22	25-23, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Barsuk/Birlova, Russia 1-0
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	9	Barsuk/Birlova	16	21-15, 21-15	0:39