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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Orco Challenger
May 25 - 28, 2006

(17, Q8) Pavel Karpukhin/Mikhail Tarakanov, Russia

Pavel Karpukhin
Russia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zheleznodoroznyi

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Vladivostok 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$6,402.50

Mikhail Tarakanov
Russia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 19, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,015.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	Money
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	US$700.00

Previous Brno Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Czech Republic Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/24/2006	Qualifier 1	Janis Freidenfelds / Andris Laizans, Latvia (Q25)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:43
Thu, 5/25/2006	Qualifier 2	Yury Bogatov / Stanislav Eremin, Russia (Q24)	Won 24-26, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Fri, 5/26/2006	Winner 1	Radoslav Dvorsky / Michal Litva, Slovakia (16, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:39
Fri, 5/26/2006	Winner 2	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (1)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:41
Fri, 5/26/2006	Contender 1	Karl Jaani / Martin Ruul, Estonia (18)	Won 21-8, 21-14	0:29
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 2	Pavel Kolar / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (10)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:40

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$)
Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pavel Karpukhin												Mikhail Tarakanov
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
9	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$3,877.50	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$790.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$625.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
32	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	2	0	$6,402.50	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$2,015.00

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
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pavel Karpukhin													Mikhail Tarakanov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$440.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$440.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$337.50	2004	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
17	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	11	$3,277.50	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	$2,015.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
2005-2006	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	3-2	60.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Challenger	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3

Head to Head Results
Karpukhin/Tarakanov lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 0-1
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	Karpukhin/Tarakanov	17, Q8	21-14, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 2	Kolar/Tichy	10	Karpukhin/Tarakanov	17, Q8	21-13, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 16, Q7 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 1	Karpukhin/Tarakanov	17, Q8	Dvorsky/Litva	16, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Jaani/Ruul, Estonia 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 1	Karpukhin/Tarakanov	17, Q8	Jaani/Ruul	18	21-8, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # Q24 Bogatov/Eremin, Russia 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 2	Karpukhin/Tarakanov	17, Q8	Bogatov/Eremin	Q24	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q25 Freidenfelds/Laizans, Latvia 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 1	Karpukhin/Tarakanov	17, Q8	Freidenfelds/Laizans	Q25	21-15, 21-15	0:43