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

(18) Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, Portugal

João Carlos Brenha Alves Pereira
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Espinho

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$265,957.50

Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranhos

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

162

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$281,932.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	27	33	41	Money
FIVB	134	2	0	0	6	7	5	27	28	30	20	1	4	4	US$531,915.00

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	18	9th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/27-30/1996	French Open	18	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/21-23/1996	United States Open	18	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/9-12/1996	Brazil Open	15	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/5-7/1996	Spain Open	17	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		9th	16	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/10-12/1995	Puerto Rico Open		4th	30	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/15-17/1995	Brazil Open		17th	12	US$1,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/3/1995	Spain Open		17th	12	US$1,000.00
FIVB	8/24-26/1995	French Open		13th	14	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/17-19/1995	Belgium Open		25th	10	US$500.00
FIVB	8/11-13/1995	Portugal Open		9th	16	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/4-6/1995	Italian Open		17th	12	US$1,000.00

Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/23/1996	Winner 1	Michel Everaert / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (15)	Won 15-8	0:51
Wed, 7/24/1996	Winner 2	Carl Henkel / Sinjin Smith, United States (2)	Lost 7-15	0:36
Wed, 7/24/1996	Contender 1	Miguel Prieto / Jose Yuste, Spain (17)	Won 15-8	0:49
Thu, 7/25/1996	Contender 2	Martin Conde / Eduardo Martinez, Argentina (7)	Won 15-5	0:35
Thu, 7/25/1996	Contender 3	Emanuel Rego / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (5)	Won 15-12	0:54
Fri, 7/26/1996	Contender 4	Jan Kvalheim / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (6)	Won 15-3	0:28
Fri, 7/26/1996	Contender 5	Carl Henkel / Sinjin Smith, United States (2)	Won 15-13	1:10
Sat, 7/27/1996	Semi-Finals	Mike Dodd / Mike Whitmarsh, United States (4)	Lost 13-15	1:05
Sun, 7/28/1996	Bronze Medal	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (8)	Lost 5-12, 8-12	1:17

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Miguel Maia - 4th	Joao Brenha - 4th
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Miguel Maia - 4th	Joao Brenha - 4th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Miguel Maia - 4th	Joao Brenha - 4th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 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	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$49,900.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	7	0	$86,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	102	2	0	0	3	5	4	22	24	26	13	0	$396,015.00
Total	134	2	0	0	6	7	5	27	28	30	20	0	$531,915.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joao Brenha												Miguel Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	$24,950.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	$24,950.00
23	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	7	0	$43,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	9	0	$47,400.00
102	2	0	0	3	9	46	26	13	0	$198,007.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	2	0	0	3	10	48	27	15	0	$209,582.50
134	2	0	0	6	12	55	30	20	0	$265,957.50	Total	162	2	0	0	6	13	57	31	24	0	$281,932.50

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	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$11,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$11,500.00	6	3	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joao Brenha													Miguel Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,562.50	1994	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,562.50
14	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	0	$16,500.00	1995	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	0	$16,500.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$5,750.00	1996	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$5,750.00
22	0	0	0	2	1	10	7	2	0	$23,812.50	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	2	1	10	7	2	0	$23,812.50

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	64	69.6%	8	8.7%	20	21.7%	72-20	78.3%	16	15.2%	14	13.3%	75	71.4%	16-89	15.2%	64-75	46.0%	24-34	41.4%	0	10	99-124	44.4%
1995-1996	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		0	0	6-3	66.7%
Against the Field	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	8	66.7%	4-8	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	6-12	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	12-8	60.0%

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	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	10	8
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	12
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	5	10	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	25
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	3	11	16	0	0	15	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	79
Total	0	0	10	8	27	32	0	0	24	43	0	3	0	3	0	0	99	124

Head to Head Results
Brenha/Maia lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-1
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 5	Brenha/Maia	18	Henkel/Smith	2	15-13	1:10
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Henkel/Smith	2	Brenha/Maia	18	15-7	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Dodd/Whitmarsh, United States 0-1
7/27/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Dodd/Whitmarsh	4	Brenha/Maia	18	15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 5 de Melo/Rego, Brazil 1-0
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	18	Rego/de Melo	5	15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 6 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Brenha/Maia	18	Kvalheim/Maaseide	6	15-3	0:28
Lead the series against # 7 Conde/Martinez, Argentina 1-0
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	18	Conde/Martinez	7	15-5	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/28/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	18	12-5, 12-8	1:17
Lead the series against # 15 Everaert/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	18	Everaert/Mulder	15	15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 17 Prieto/Yuste, Spain 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	18	Prieto/Yuste	17	15-8	0:49