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XIV Pan American Games
August 2 - 9, 2003

(1) Francisco Alvarez/Juan Rossell, Cuba

Francisco "Francis" Alvarez Cutiño
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Luis

Height:

185 cm (6'0")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career PAN AM Wins:

1 (Santo Domingo 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$247,775.00

Juan Miguel Rossell Milanes
Cuba

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jiguany

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career PAN AM Wins:

1 (Santo Domingo 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$190,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	72	1	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	4	1	1	US$327,200.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,000.00
PAN AM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	74	3	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	4	1	1	US$333,200.00

Previous Santo Domingo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	11	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	11	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	11	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	12	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	11	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	7	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q1	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	6	5th	180	US$6,675.00

XIV Pan American Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/3/2003	Pool A	Jeovanny Medrano / Rafael Vargas, El Salvador (9)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:27
Tue, 8/5/2003	Pool A	Renato Boerleider / Michael Clarissa, Curacao (8)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:31
Wed, 8/6/2003	Pool A	Gerardo Peralta / Guillermo Williman, Uruguay (16)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:38
Fri, 8/8/2003	Winner 1	Christian Garcia / Alejandro Salas, Dominican Republic (10)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:45
Sat, 8/9/2003	Semi-Finals	David Fischer / Brad Torsone, United States (6)	Won 21-14, 24-22	0:50
Sat, 8/9/2003	Gold Medal	Luizao Correa / Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (2)	Won 23-25, 21-11, 15-12	1:02

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	2	2	0	0	$84,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	58	1	1	1	2	7	3	10	13	10	4	0	$237,650.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	73	2	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	0	$333,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francisco Alvarez												Juan Rossell
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,375.00
20	0	1	0	0	1	11	4	0	0	$64,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	1	0	0	1	7	2	1	0	$43,900.00
82	1	1	1	2	11	29	16	10	0	$152,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	1	1	1	2	10	24	12	7	0	$126,275.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
108	2	2	1	2	14	40	22	10	0	$234,775.00	Total	87	2	2	1	2	12	31	16	8	0	$177,550.00

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	11	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	$76,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	$44,150.00	30	12	71.4 %
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$30,000.00	13	10	56.5 %
2003	PAN AM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	1	1	1	6	2	7	1	4	0	2	$150,650.00	46	24	65.7 %
Total	PAN AM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francisco Alvarez													Juan Rossell
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
15	1	1	0	1	3	7	2	0	0	$36,000.00	1995	FIVB	15	1	1	0	1	3	7	2	0	0	$36,000.00
11	0	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	$38,250.00	1996	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	$38,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	$14,750.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	$14,750.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	$22,075.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	$22,075.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$15,000.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$15,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	PAN AM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
59	3	2	1	2	11	21	10	3	6	$131,075.00	Total	Total	64	3	2	1	2	11	21	11	4	9	$132,775.00

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	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	5-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	6-0	100.0%
2002-2003	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	5-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	6-0	100.0%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	10-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	6-0	100.0%

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	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	19	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	2	18	9	0	0	9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	36
Total	0	0	13	2	31	14	0	0	18	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	74	54

Head to Head Results
Alvarez/Rossell lead the series against the field 6-0 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Correa/Silva, Brazil 1-0
8/9/03	PAN AM	XIV Pan American Games	Gold Medal	Alvarez/Rossell	1	Correa/Silva	2	23-25, 21-11, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 6 Fischer/Torsone, United States 1-0
8/9/03	PAN AM	XIV Pan American Games	Semi-Finals	Alvarez/Rossell	1	Fischer/Torsone	6	21-14, 24-22	0:50
Lead the series against # 8 Boerleider/Clarissa, Curacao 1-0
8/5/03	PAN AM	XIV Pan American Games	Pool A	Alvarez/Rossell	1	Boerleider/Clarissa	8	21-13, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 9 Medrano/Vargas, El Salvador 1-0
8/3/03	PAN AM	XIV Pan American Games	Pool A	Alvarez/Rossell	1	Medrano/Vargas	9	21-12, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # 10 Garcia/Salas, Dominican Republic 1-0
8/8/03	PAN AM	XIV Pan American Games	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	1	Garcia/Salas	10	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Peralta/Williman, Uruguay 1-0
8/6/03	PAN AM	XIV Pan American Games	Pool A	Alvarez/Rossell	1	Peralta/Williman	16	21-19, 21-17	0:38