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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(15) Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, Spain

Javier Bosma Minguez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Figueras

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Lianyungang 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$277,892.50

Pablo Herrera Allepuz
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Castellon de la Plana

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

225

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$908,963.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	14	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	6	1	US$87,750.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	24	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	9	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	11	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	13	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	8	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	12	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	12	1st	360	US$27,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	18	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	24	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	28	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	26, Q11	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	29	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool C

Nikolas Berger / Florian Gosch, Austria (10)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Javier Bosma	Total	33	18	0	0.545	1	15	1	0
	1	33	18	0	0.545	1	15	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	13	8	0	0.615	6	3	0	0
	1	13	8	0	0.615	6	3	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool C

Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)

Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-9

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Javier Bosma	Total	35	23	0	0.657	0	6	0	1
	1	35	23	0	0.657	0	6	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	19	13	0	0.684	5	6	0	1
	1	19	13	0	0.684	5	6	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool C

Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (22)

Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-11

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Javier Bosma	Total	41	28	0	0.683	0	10	0	2
	1	41	28	0	0.683	0	10	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	15	9	0	0.600	3	5	0	0
	1	15	9	0	0.600	3	5	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/20/2004

Winner 1

Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (16)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Javier Bosma	Total	39	21	0	0.538	0	9	0	1
	1	39	21	0	0.538	0	9	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	5	4	0	0.800	5	4	0	0
	1	5	4	0	0.800	5	4	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/22/2004

Winner 2

John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (20)

Won 22-24, 21-19, 18-16

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Javier Bosma	Total	35	23	0	0.657	0	9	0	0
	1	35	23	0	0.657	0	9	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	37	17	0	0.459	4	8	1	0
	1	37	17	0	0.459	4	8	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/23/2004

Semi-Finals

Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (17)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Javier Bosma	Total	17	12	0	0.706	0	3	0	0
	1	17	12	0	0.706	0	3	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	20	15	0	0.750	4	3	1	3
	1	20	15	0	0.750	4	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/25/2004

Gold Medal

Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Javier Bosma	Total	15	11	0	0.733	0	5	0	0
	1	15	11	0	0.733	0	5	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	17	6	0	0.353	3	2	0	0
	1	17	6	0	0.353	3	2	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Javier Bosma	215	136	0	0.633	1	57	1	4
Pablo Herrera	126	72	0	0.571	30	31	2	4
Total	341	208	0	0.610	31	88	3	8
Opponents	391	217	0	0.555	21	75	10	35

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Sixto Jimenez - 5th	Did not play
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Fabio Diez - 17th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Fabio Diez - 4th	Did not play
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Fabio Diez - 5th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Antonio Cotrino - 17th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Javier Bosma - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Raul Mesa - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Raul Mesa - 9th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Did not play	Raul Mesa - 9th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 17th
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 17th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 5th

Head to Head Results
Bosma/Herrera lead the series against the field 23-19 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-3
8/25/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Bosma/Herrera	15	21-16, 21-15	0:43
5/23/04	FIVB	China Open	Gold Medal	Bosma/Herrera	12	Rego/Santos	1	15-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:06
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Bosma/Herrera	12	Rego/Santos	1	24-22, 21-19	0:41
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Bosma/Herrera	28	21-18, 21-12	0:40
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Bosma/Herrera	29	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	4	Bosma/Herrera	13	21-11, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 4-0
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Bosma/Herrera	15	Laciga/Laciga	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Bosma/Herrera	24	Laciga/Laciga	2	21-15, 23-21	0:37
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 5	Bosma/Herrera	18	Laciga/Laciga	8	22-24, 21-19, 16-14	1:02
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Bosma/Herrera	29	Laciga/Laciga	4	13-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Bosma/Herrera	28	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Bosma/Herrera	12	Heuscher/Kobel	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:58
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Bosma/Herrera	18	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	14	Bosma/Herrera	13	24-22, 26-24	0:55
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	Baracetti/Conde	7	Bosma/Herrera	26, Q11	21-11, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bosma/Herrera	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Berger/Gosch, Austria 1-0
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Bosma/Herrera	15	Berger/Gosch	10	21-14, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-4
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	Bosma/Herrera	11	21-19, 21-10	0:33
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	Bosma/Herrera	8	21-18, 21-12	0:45
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Bosma/Herrera	24	21-16, 21-19	0:41
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	10	Bosma/Herrera	26, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 12 Holdren/Metzger, United States 1-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	Bosma/Herrera	11	22-20, 21-19	0:51
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Bosma/Herrera	12	Holdren/Metzger	5	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-2
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	11, Q1	Bosma/Herrera	12	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:03
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Herrera	18	Schacht/Slack	15	24-22, 21-18	0:48
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Schacht/Slack	12	Bosma/Herrera	28, Q6	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:02
Lead the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 4-2
8/20/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bosma/Herrera	15	Berg/Dahl	16	21-16, 21-17	0:44
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Bosma/Herrera	9	Berg/Dahl	25	21-12, 21-16	0:35
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Bosma/Herrera	11	Berg/Dahl	27	21-17, 20-22, 20-18	1:06
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	21	Bosma/Herrera	12	21-15, 21-10	0:37
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Herrera	18	Berg/Dahl	16	21-16, 21-16	0:42
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	21	Bosma/Herrera	28	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-0
8/23/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Bosma/Herrera	15	Prosser/Williams	17	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 4-1
8/22/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Bosma/Herrera	15	Child/Heese	20	22-24, 21-19, 18-16	1:07
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Bosma/Herrera	9	Child/Heese	18	By Forfeit
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 1	Bosma/Herrera	12	Child/Heese	28, Q4	21-15, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Bosma/Herrera	29	Child/Heese	20	21-19, 21-16	0:46
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Bosma/Herrera	28, Q6	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Bosma/Herrera	15	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Bosma/Herrera	9	Gartmayer/Nowotny	21	15-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:01
Series tied with # 23 Canet/Hamel, France 1-1
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bosma/Herrera	24	Canet/Hamel	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:59
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Canet/Hamel	21	Bosma/Herrera	28, Q6	23-21, 21-18	0:49