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(21) Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, 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

Anja Günther
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Phuket 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$71,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	41	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	3	6	4	4	3	9	US$142,000.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Martina Stein - 41st	Did not play
2003	Martina Stein - Country Quota	Did not play
2006	Susanne Lahme - Country Quota	Did not play
2007	Susanne Lahme - Country Quota	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	4	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	8	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	10/5-11/2008	Dubai Open	7	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	6	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	8	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool D

Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (28)

Won 16-21, 21-19, 22-20

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	Total	36	19	5	0.389	1	9	1	4
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	3	0	0
	2	15	6	4	0.133	1	3	1	2
	3	16	10	0	0.625	0	3	0	2
Anja Gunther	Total	34	24	5	0.559	1	5	1	2
	1	14	10	4	0.429	0	1	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	1	1	0
	3	9	6	0	0.667	1	3	0	1

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool D

Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin, England (45)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	Total	11	9	1	0.727	0	6	2	2
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	2	1	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	4	1	2
Anja Gunther	Total	23	14	3	0.478	4	1	1	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	1	0	0	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	3	1	1	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool D

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4)

Lost 12-21, 17-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	Total	17	5	5	0.000	0	4	2	4
	1	6	1	2	-0.167	0	1	2	1
	2	11	4	3	0.091	0	3	0	3
Anja Gunther	Total	19	8	5	0.158	0	0	2	2
	1	11	3	4	-0.091	0	0	0	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	0	2	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (10)

Lost 12-21, 16-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	Total	10	3	0	0.300	0	6	0	3
	1	3	1	0	0.333	0	2	0	1
	2	7	2	0	0.286	0	4	0	2
Anja Gunther	Total	28	10	3	0.250	1	6	0	2
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	16	5	2	0.188	1	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	74	36	11	0.338	1	25	5	13
Anja Gunther	104	56	16	0.385	6	12	4	8
Total	178	92	27	0.365	7	37	9	21
Opponents	183	117	24	0.508	5	54	11	29

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Susanne Lahme - 17th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Anja Gunther - 17th	Geeske Banck - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	21	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	31	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Banck/Gunther trail the series against the field 10-17 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
11/8/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Banck/Gunther	8	21-15, 14-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-2
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Branagh/Youngs	4	Banck/Gunther	21	21-12, 21-17	0:38
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	4	Banck/Gunther	26	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Banck/Gunther	6	21-17, 21-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
11/8/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 6	Banck/Gunther	8	Salgado/Salgado	1	19-21, 21-12, 19-17	1:13
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 6	Salgado/Salgado	2	Banck/Gunther	7	21-10, 21-19	0:38
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q1	Banck/Gunther	Q16	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-2
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Banck/Gunther	21	21-12, 21-16	0:35
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Banck/Gunther	11	21-19, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Banck/Gunther	7	21-16, 21-15	0:44
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	9	Banck/Gunther	8	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	0:59
Trail the series against # 14 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Banck/Gunther	11	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 18 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 3	Banck/Gunther	8	Gioria/Momoli	16	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:59
Trail the series against # 19 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-2
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	13	Banck/Gunther	4	21-18, 21-15	0:41
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24	Banck/Gunther	8	21-18, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	Banck/Gunther	11	22-20, 21-12	0:40
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Banck/Gunther	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	21-13, 14-21, 15-11	0:46
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	8	Petrova/Skalnikova	21, Q4	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 25 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 5	Banck/Gunther	7	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	27, Q4	22-20, 23-25, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # 28 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Banck/Gunther	21	Lessard/Martin	28	16-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:05
Trail the series against # 29 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	Banck/Gunther	11	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 32 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	11	Jensen/Palmer	22, Q6	22-20, 20-22, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 37 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baburina/Osheyko	27	Banck/Gunther	8	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 39 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 40 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 0-1
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Andreasen/Vestergaard	19	Banck/Gunther	4	11-21, 21-14, 19-17	0:51
Lead the series against # 45 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Banck/Gunther	21	Dampney/Mullin	45	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 47 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q4	21-16, 21-19	0:40