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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 26, 2000

(15) 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 Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	17	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	24	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	22	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	18	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	23	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	24	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	23	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	25	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	23	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	20	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	20	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/5/1999	Brazil Open	13	25th	34	US$2,000.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 9/17/2000	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Fabio Diez, Spain (10)	Won 15-13	0:58
Fri, 9/22/2000	Winner 2	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (18)	Won 15-6	0:38
Sun, 9/24/2000	Winner 3	Javier Bosma / Fabio Diez, Spain (10)	Won 16-14	0:50
Sun, 9/24/2000	Semi-Finals	Ricardo Santos / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (3)	Lost 5-15	0:31
Tue, 9/26/2000	Bronze Medal	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (12)	Won 12-9, 12-6	1:10

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	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	4	0	0	$31,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	$45,000.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	4	0	$38,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	6	2	0	$32,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	48	0	1	1	0	0	1	15	5	18	7	0	$146,500.00	8	6	57.1 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$36,450.00	1998	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$34,850.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00
13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00
78	0	2	2	1	9	31	25	8	0	$141,575.00	Total	Total	77	0	2	2	1	9	30	25	8	0	$139,975.00

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%
1999-2000	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		1-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	6-3	66.7%
Against the Field	5	38.5%	2	15.4%	6	46.2%	7-6	53.8%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	14	82.4%	2-15	11.8%	10-18	35.7%	8-6	57.1%	0	2	13-17	43.3%

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
Ahmann/Hager lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 de Melo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Santos/de Melo	3	Ahmann/Hager	15	15-5	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Heidger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Heidger/Wong	13	Ahmann/Hager	21	15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Bosma/Diez, Spain 2-0
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Ahmann/Hager	15	Bosma/Diez	10	16-14	0:50
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	15	Bosma/Diez	10	15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 12 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
9/26/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Ahmann/Hager	15	Brenha/Maia	12	12-9, 12-6	1:10
Lead the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 18 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Ahmann/Hager	15	Holden/Leinemann	18	15-6	0:38