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

(10) 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:

108

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Carolina Beach 1995)

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 FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Carolina Beach 1995)

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
Overall	73	2	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	4	1	1	US$333,200.00

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	9	4th	210	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/21-23/1996	United States Open	8	5th	180	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/2/1996	Turkey Open	7	9th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/9-12/1996	Brazil Open	7	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/5-7/1996	Spain Open	7	7th	150	US$6,000.00
FIVB	2/8-11/1996	Brazil Open		5th	24	US$12,000.00
FIVB	12/21-23/1995	South Africa Open		13th	14	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/10-12/1995	Puerto Rico Open		1st	50	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/15-17/1995	Brazil Open		2nd	42	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/3/1995	Spain Open		5th	24	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-26/1995	French Open		13th	14	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/17-19/1995	Belgium Open		9th	16	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/11-13/1995	Portugal Open		7th	20	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/4-6/1995	Italian Open		13th	14	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/29-31/1995	Japan Open		13th	14	US$1,500.00

Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/23/1996	Winner 1	Tom Englen / Fredrik Petersson, Sweden (23)	Won 15-3	0:29
Wed, 7/24/1996	Winner 2	Martin Conde / Eduardo Martinez, Argentina (7)	Won 15-11	0:41
Thu, 7/25/1996	Winner 3	Carl Henkel / Sinjin Smith, United States (2)	Lost 13-15	0:52
Thu, 7/25/1996	Contender 3	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (13)	Won 15-6	0:35
Fri, 7/26/1996	Contender 4	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (8)	Lost 4-15	0:30

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Juan Rossell - 7th	Francisco Alvarez - 7th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Juan Rossell - 17th	Francisco Alvarez - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Juan Rossell - 17th	Francisco Alvarez - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Oney Ramirez Bernal - 5th	Wilfredo Villar - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Leonel Munder - 33rd	Did not play

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	7	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	$43,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	$43,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$21,750.00	1996	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$21,750.00
22	1	1	0	2	7	9	2	0	0	$57,750.00	Total	Total	22	1	1	0	2	7	9	2	0	0	$57,750.00

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	51	71.8%	10	14.1%	10	14.1%	61-10	85.9%	9	18.8%	15	31.3%	24	50.0%	9-39	18.8%	51-24	68.0%	19-25	43.2%	1	3	74-54	57.8%
1995-1996	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-0		2-0	100.0%	1	0	5-2	71.4%

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
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 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Henkel/Smith, United States 0-1
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 3	Henkel/Smith	2	Alvarez/Rossell	10	15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 7 Conde/Martinez, Argentina 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Alvarez/Rossell	10	Conde/Martinez	7	15-11	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Child/Heese	8	Alvarez/Rossell	10	15-4	0:30
Lead the series against # 13 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Alvarez/Rossell	10	Prosser/Zahner	13	15-6	0:35
Lead the series against # 23 Englen/Petersson, Sweden 1-0
7/23/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	10	Englen/Petersson	23	15-3	0:29