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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Mazuri Orlen Grand Slam
August 13 - 18, 2012

(31, Q15) Geeske Banck/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

Geeske Banck
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kiel

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Phuket 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$117,010.00

Kira Walkenhorst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$513,387.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	US$19,100.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,600.00
Overall	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	US$24,700.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Anja Gunther - 9th	Did not play
2010	Anja Gunther - 41st	Did not play
2011	Christine Aulenbrock - Country Quota	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	24, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q21	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	5/31-6/3/2012	Seoul Challenger	3	2nd	72	US$5,600.00

Stare Jablonki Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 8/13/2012	Country Quota	Stefanie Huttermann / Chantal Laboureur, Germany	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:39
Tue, 8/14/2012	Qualifier 1	Berta Antequera / Ester Ribera, Spain (Q18)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:29
Tue, 8/14/2012	Qualifier 2	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (Q2)	Won 21-16, 27-29, 15-11	0:53
Wed, 8/15/2012	Pool B	Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (2)	Won 26-24, 21-17	0:42
Wed, 8/15/2012	Pool B	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (15)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:36
Thu, 8/16/2012	Pool B	Katrien Gielen / Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium (18)	Won 21-18, 25-23	0:43
Fri, 8/17/2012	Winner 2	Liliane Maestrini / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (16)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 7-7 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool B	Banck/Walkenhorst	31, Q15	Cicolari/Menegatti	2	26-24, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Banck/Walkenhorst	31, Q15	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Maestrini/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Maestrini/Salgado	16	Banck/Walkenhorst	31, Q15	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-0
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool B	Banck/Walkenhorst	31, Q15	Gielen/Mouha	18	21-18, 25-23	0:43
Trail the series against # 22 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Forrer/Verge-Depre	25	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	22-20, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 24 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q2	Banck/Walkenhorst	Q18	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
Series tied with # 25, Q14 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-1
7/2/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	Bieneck/Grossner		21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:44
6/6/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Bieneck/Grossner	Q18	Banck/Walkenhorst		24-22, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Goricanec/Graessli, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Goricanec/Graessli	9	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	21-15, 28-26	0:40
Lead the series against Huttermann/Laboureur, Germany 1-0
8/13/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Country Quota	Banck/Walkenhorst	31, Q15	Huttermann/Laboureur		21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against Mersmann/Tillmann, Germany 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Country Quota	Banck/Walkenhorst	Q18	Mersmann/Tillmann		21-14, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # Q2 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
8/14/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Banck/Walkenhorst	31, Q15	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q2	21-16, 27-29, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q18 Antequera/Ribera, Spain 1-0
8/14/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Banck/Walkenhorst	31, Q15	Antequera/Ribera	Q18	21-11, 21-19	0:29