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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(11) Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway

Jorre André Kjemperud
Norway

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1968 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Drammen

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

207

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Berlin 1998)

Career Winnings:

US$426,730.00

Tarjei Viken Skarlund
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alesund

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$286,217.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	37	Money
FIVB	58	0	0	0	1	3	5	10	10	20	1	7	1	US$291,850.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,000.00
Overall	59	1	0	0	1	3	5	10	10	20	1	7	1	US$296,850.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Vegard Hoidalen - 25th	Did not play
1998	Vegard Hoidalen - 13th	Did not play
1999	Vegard Hoidalen - 13th	Did not play
2000	Vegard Hoidalen - 7th	Did not play
2001	Vegard Hoidalen - 5th	Martin Engvik - 41st
2002	Vegard Hoidalen - 9th	Did not play
2003	Vegard Hoidalen - 2nd	Jarle Huseby - 41st
2004	Vegard Hoidalen - 2nd	Kjell Goranson - 17th
2005	Tarjei Skarlund - 17th	Jorre Kjemperud - 17th
2006	Tarjei Skarlund - 5th	Jorre Kjemperud - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	8	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	10	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	10	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	14	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	17	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	17	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	24	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	11	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	11	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	6	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	14	13th	240	US$6,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	12	5th	360	US$10,000.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (22)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:42
Thu, 6/14/2007	Contender 1	Jackson Henriquez / Igor Hernandez, Venezuela (27, Q15)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:36
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (21)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 3	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (4)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 13-15	1:06

Head to Head Results
Kjemperud/Skarlund trail the series against the field 25-32 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-4
5/26/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-13, 21-14	0:39
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 3	Rego/Santos	1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-19, 21-11	0:36
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	21-12, 21-17	0:37
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Series tied with # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-13, 21-17	0:42
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-11, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:06
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-6
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	21-18, 12-21, 15-13	0:58
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:58
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-17, 21-18	0:43
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	21-18, 21-17	0:46
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-11, 21-19	0:40
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	26-24, 21-18	0:55
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool B	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	16-21, 21-17, 22-20	1:12
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	8	Kjemperud/Skarlund	24	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 5	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	21-18, 21-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Pedrosa/Rosas	19	17-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-2
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	12	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Schacht/Slack	11	21-18, 27-25	0:54
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	6	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:04
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Schacht/Slack	5	21-15, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Kjemperud/Skarlund	24	Doppler/Gartmayer	9	21-19, 27-29, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 15 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-2
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Lione/Varnier	7	21-16, 21-16	0:33
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Lione/Varnier	8	Kjemperud/Skarlund	24	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Lione/Varnier	7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 16 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-5
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 4	Herrera/Mesa	11	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-16, 17-21, 16-14	1:03
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-18, 20-22, 15-11	0:54
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	14	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	22-20, 21-16	0:42
9/10/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Semi-Finals	Herrera/Mesa	2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	1	23-25, 10-21	0:40
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	20	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	16	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	24-22, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 17 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 2-1
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	Cadieux/Heese	21	26-24, 21-14	1:01
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	Cadieux/Heese	25	21-17, 21-18	0:45
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Cadieux/Heese	21	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-19, 24-22	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-14, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 19 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	Reckermann/Urbatzka	20	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Series tied with # 20 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 1-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	8	Amore/Tomatis	23	21-15, 21-17	0:37
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Amore/Tomatis	23	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	21-18, 11-21, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 2-0
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	21-13, 21-19	0:33
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-2
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	21-19, 21-15	0:42
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22, Q3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 25, Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-16, 21-23, 15-8	0:57
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Gscheidle/Schnider	24	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q15 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Henriquez/Hernandez	27, Q15	21-17, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	23-21, 21-14	0:40
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q11	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Alvarez/Munder, Cuba 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q10	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q5 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Gosch/Horst	23	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # Q10 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q13 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool B	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	31, Q12	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q19 Ontiveros/Ontiveros, Mexico 1-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	Ontiveros/Ontiveros	9	25-23, 21-11	0:48