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

(11) Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, Germany

Jörg Ahmann
Germany

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grevenbroich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$190,230.00

Axel Hager
Germany

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Burg auf Fehmarn

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$192,130.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	104	0	2	2	1	8	4	23	1	10	36	13	2	1	1	US$367,760.00

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	14	9th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/27-30/1996	French Open	12	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/21-23/1996	United States Open	12	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/2/1996	Turkey Open	10	9th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/9-12/1996	Brazil Open	9	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/5-7/1996	Spain Open	9	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/8-11/1996	Brazil Open		17th	12	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/21-23/1995	South Africa Open		7th	20	US$4,000.00
FIVB	11/10-12/1995	Puerto Rico Open		17th	12	US$1,000.00
FIVB	9/22-24/1995	Indonesia Open		9th	16	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/15-17/1995	Brazil Open		17th	12	US$1,000.00
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		7th	20	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/11-13/1995	Portugal Open		25th	10	US$500.00
FIVB	8/4-6/1995	Italian Open		9th	16	US$2,000.00
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	Shoji Setoyama / Kazuyuki Takao, Japan (22)	Won 15-8	0:51
Wed, 7/24/1996	Winner 2	Jan Kvalheim / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (6)	Won 17-16	1:07
Thu, 7/25/1996	Winner 3	Karch Kiraly / Kent Steffes, United States (3)	Lost 5-15	0:32
Thu, 7/25/1996	Contender 3	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (8)	Lost 7-15	0:42

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Axel Hager - 9th	Jorg Ahmann - 9th
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Axel Hager - 13th	Jorg Ahmann - 13th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Axel Hager - 3rd	Jorg Ahmann - 3rd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th

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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$17,150.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	3	0	$43,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	0	2	1	1	8	4	19	8	28	10	0	$303,110.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	104	0	2	2	1	8	4	24	10	36	13	0	$367,760.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jorg Ahmann												Axel Hager
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	0	$21,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	$24,250.00
84	0	2	1	1	12	28	28	10	0	$153,155.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	2	1	1	12	27	28	11	0	$152,555.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
105	0	2	2	1	12	35	36	13	0	$185,480.00	Total	107	0	2	2	1	12	34	37	14	0	$187,380.00

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	3	1	4	0	0	$13,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$13,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jorg Ahmann													Axel Hager
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,125.00	1994	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,125.00
17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00	1995	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$6,750.00	1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$6,750.00
28	0	0	0	1	6	12	8	1	0	$38,625.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	1	6	12	8	1	0	$38,625.00

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	23	56.1%	10	24.4%	8	19.5%	33-8	80.5%	11	20.4%	8	14.8%	35	64.8%	11-43	20.4%	23-35	39.7%	21-16	56.8%	0	2	51-58	46.8%
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	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	8-8	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	8-6	57.1%

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	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	2	1	5	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	2	8	13	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	31
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	2	1	6	3	15	20	0	0	13	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	51	58

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
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 3	Kiraly/Steffes	3	Ahmann/Hager	11	15-5	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Ahmann/Hager	11	Kvalheim/Maaseide	6	17-16	1:07
Trail the series against # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Child/Heese	8	Ahmann/Hager	11	15-7	0:42
Lead the series against # 22 Setoyama/Takao, Japan 1-0
7/23/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	11	Setoyama/Takao	22	15-8	0:51