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(43) Marvin Polte/Thorsten Schoen, Germany

Marvin Polte
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paderborn

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$30,000.00

Thorsten Schoen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 25, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nordhorn

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$29,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	US$53,500.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Thomas Hikel - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Thomas Hikel - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Thorsten Schoen - 25th	Marvin Polte - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	30, Q8	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	32, Q30	25th	60	US$4,000.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 1	Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong, United States (22)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:40
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 2	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (11)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:07
Thu, 6/23/2005	Winner 3	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (6)	Won 7-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Fri, 6/24/2005	Winner 4	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (14)	Won 12-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:58
Sat, 6/25/2005	Winner 5	Francisco Alvarez / Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba (31)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:44
Sun, 6/26/2005	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:53
Sun, 6/26/2005	Bronze Medal	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (13)	Lost 21-16, 17-21, 10-15	1:05

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Thorsten Schoen - 4th	Marvin Polte - 4th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	43	4th	700	US$26,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$10,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	$17,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	0	$53,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marvin Polte												Thorsten Schoen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$8,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	$11,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	$8,500.00
16	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	8	0	$30,000.00	Total	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7	0	$29,900.00

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$32,000.00	9	6	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marvin Polte													Thorsten Schoen
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,000.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	$15,250.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	$18,250.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	$16,000.00

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	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	7	30.4%	3	13.0%	13	56.5%	7-16	30.4%	8-13	38.1%	8-6	57.1%	0	2	16-21	43.2%
2004-2005	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	7	30.4%	3	13.0%	13	56.5%	7-16	30.4%	8-13	38.1%	8-6	57.1%	0	2	16-21	43.2%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	14	73.7%	3-16	15.8%	8-24	25.0%	8-10	44.4%	0	2	8-19	29.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13
Total	1	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	16	21

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	21-15, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/26/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Polte/Schoen	43	21-18, 21-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Polte/Schoen	43	Egger/Laciga	6	7-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Polte/Schoen	30, Q8	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Polte/Schoen	43	Schacht/Slack	11	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:07
Trail the series against # 13 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-2
6/26/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Bronze Medal	Brink/Schneider	13	Polte/Schoen	43	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:05
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Brink/Schneider	19	Polte/Schoen	30, Q8	21-16, 23-21	0:49
Series tied with # 14 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Polte/Schoen	43	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	12-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:58
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	22-20, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Blanton/Wong, United States 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Polte/Schoen	43	Blanton/Wong	22	21-12, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 29 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q3	21-17, 22-24, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # 31 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 5	Polte/Schoen	43	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	21-19, 21-17	0:44