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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVI Olympic Games
July 23 - 28, 1996

(14) Andrea Ghiurghi/Nicola Grigolo, Italy

Andrea Ghiurghi
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 15, 1966 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Cap d'Agde 1991)

Career Winnings:

US$104,337.50

Nicola Grigolo
Italy

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 8, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Padova

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Agrigento 1996)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$48,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	10	6	5	US$54,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,500.00
Overall	28	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	10	6	5	US$58,500.00

Previous Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-7/1996	German Open	13	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-30/1996	French Open	14	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/21-23/1996	United States Open	15	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/2/1996	Turkey Open	14	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/9-12/1996	Brazil Open	13	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/5-7/1996	Spain Open	12	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	2/8-11/1996	Brazil Open		17th	12	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/21-23/1995	South Africa Open		5th	24	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/10-12/1995	Puerto Rico Open		25th	10	US$500.00
FIVB	9/22-24/1995	Indonesia Open		5th	24	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/15-17/1995	Brazil Open		9th	16	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/3/1995	Spain Open		7th	20	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/24-26/1995	French Open		25th	10	US$1,000.00
FIVB	8/17-19/1995	Belgium Open		9th	16	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/11-13/1995	Portugal Open		13th	14	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/4-6/1995	Italian Open		17th	12	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/29-31/1995	Japan Open		9th	16	US$2,000.00

Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/23/1996	Winner 1	Glenn Hamilton / Reid Hamilton, New Zealand (19)	Won 15-8	0:39
Wed, 7/24/1996	Winner 2	Karch Kiraly / Kent Steffes, United States (3)	Lost 7-15	0:36
Wed, 7/24/1996	Contender 1	Eddie Drakich / Marc Dunn, Canada (20)	Won 15-8	0:45
Thu, 7/25/1996	Contender 2	Jan Kvalheim / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (6)	Lost 11-15	0:43

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Nicola Grigolo - 13th	Andrea Ghiurghi - 13th
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Marco Solustri - 33rd	Andrea Raffaelli - 33rd

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	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	8	4	4	0	$44,000.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Total	28	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	10	6	5	0	$58,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andrea Ghiurghi												Nicola Grigolo
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	$13,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$7,000.00
64	0	1	0	0	11	28	14	9	0	$78,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	0	0	0	0	4	15	13	11	0	$36,850.00
6	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$5,750.00	Challenger	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$4,350.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,175.00	Satellite
84	0	3	1	1	12	36	18	10	0	$99,650.00	Total	62	0	1	0	1	4	18	18	12	0	$48,200.00

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
1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$13,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$13,000.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andrea Ghiurghi													Nicola Grigolo
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	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	1987	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	1988	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1989	FIVB
											1990	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$8,250.00	1991	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,050.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$9,300.00	1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,750.00	1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$5,250.00	1994	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
17	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	4	0	$17,500.00	1995	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	4	0	$16,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,500.00	1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,500.00
45	0	1	0	0	9	22	9	4	0	$52,550.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	0	4	13	9	6	0	$26,050.00

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	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
1995-1996	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Kiraly/Steffes, United States 0-1
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Kiraly/Steffes	3	Ghiurghi/Grigolo	14	15-7	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 2	Kvalheim/Maaseide	6	Ghiurghi/Grigolo	14	15-11	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Hamilton/Hamilton, New Zealand 1-0
7/23/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 1	Ghiurghi/Grigolo	14	Hamilton/Hamilton	19	15-8	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Drakich/Dunn, Canada 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 1	Ghiurghi/Grigolo	14	Drakich/Dunn	20	15-8	0:45