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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 15,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz
August 8 - 11, 2012

(10, Q5) Geeske Banck/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

Geeske Banck
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kiel

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

13th (Vaduz 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$137,348.73

Kira Walkenhorst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Best:

2nd (Antalya 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$561,939.78

Awards

Most Improved Player 2013
Top Rookie 2013
Best Blocker 2016
Team of the Year 2016 (with Laura Ludwig)
Tour Champion 2016 (with Laura Ludwig)
Best Hitter 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$184.35
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	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	US$24,884.35

Previous Vaduz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

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
CEV	5/23-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters		Country Quota	0	€ 0.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/8/2012	Qualifier 2	Jana Jaudzema / Anete Krastina, Latvia (Q12)	Won 21-10, 21-15	0:35
Thu, 8/9/2012	Winner 1	Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner, Germany (7)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 17-19	1:01
Thu, 8/9/2012	Contender 1	Teresa Mersmann / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (15, Q16)	Lost 27-29, 12-21	0:45

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,600.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00
Total	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	$24,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geeske Banck												Kira Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$42,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$130,000.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	$26,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	5	2	3	3	5	5	4	1	0	$306,450.00
54	0	0	1	0	5	11	7	10	0	$75,410.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	2	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$27,237.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	Challenger	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,250.00	Confederation Championship	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$32,500.00
96	0	3	1	0	7	15	12	14	0	$120,260.00	Total	58	14	4	6	3	10	10	6	2	0	$545,887.50

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
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	4	1	80.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geeske Banck													Kira Walkenhorst
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1999	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2005	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,887.50	2005	CEV
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	3	$16,650.00	2006	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	$11,500.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50	2007	CEV
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	$21,950.00	2008	FIVB
5	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$7,050.00	2008	CEV
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	2	$25,650.00	2009	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$600.00	2009	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	4	$16,900.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	$4,900.00	2011	FIVB
											2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,750.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00	2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
109	0	5	1	0	11	18	14	14	46	$121,660.00	Total	Total	10	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	$7,025.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2011-2012	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	1	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	5	1	6	2	2	4	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	11

Head to Head Results
Banck/Walkenhorst lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-2
8/9/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 1	Bieneck/Grossner	7	Banck/Walkenhorst	10, Q5	21-14, 18-21, 19-17	1:01
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
Lead the series against # 13, Q11 Rehackova/Vorlova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/3/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	Rehackova/Vorlova	Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 15, Q16 Mersmann/Tillmann, Germany 1-1
8/9/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Contender 1	Mersmann/Tillmann	15, Q16	Banck/Walkenhorst	10, Q5	29-27, 21-12	0:45
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Country Quota	Banck/Walkenhorst	Q18	Mersmann/Tillmann		21-14, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # Q12 Jaudzema/Krastina, Latvia 1-0
8/8/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Qualifier 2	Banck/Walkenhorst	10, Q5	Jaudzema/Krastina	Q12	21-10, 21-15	0:35