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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 24, 2004

(15) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece

Vasiliki Arvaniti
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

176 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

184

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$510,556.00

Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Volos

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$202,200.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	8	0	5	2	US$94,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	26	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	0	8	1	5	2	US$94,750.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	28	17th	108	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	18	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	6	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	21, Q1	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	23	9th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	20	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	13	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	21	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	10	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	14	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	15	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	22	5th	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool C

Susanne Lahme / Danja Musch, Germany (10)

Lost 16-21, 21-16, 10-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	26	14	0	0.538	0	10	7	5
	1	26	14	0	0.538	0	10	7	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Efthalia Koutroumanidou	Total	37	14	0	0.378	0	9	1	2
	1	37	14	0	0.378	0	9	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool C

Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (3)

Lost 13-21, 14-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	11	5	0	0.455	0	6	0	5
	1	11	5	0	0.455	0	6	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Efthalia Koutroumanidou	Total	28	10	0	0.357	1	2	1	1
	1	28	10	0	0.357	1	2	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool C

Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (22)

Won 21-11, 21-23, 15-12

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	15	10	0	0.667	0	8	0	7
	1	15	10	0	0.667	0	8	0	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Efthalia Koutroumanidou	Total	45	28	0	0.622	0	12	0	0
	1	45	28	0	0.622	0	12	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/21/2004

Winner 1

Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (8)

Lost 12-21, 21-19, 11-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	14	6	0	0.429	0	7	2	4
	1	14	6	0	0.429	0	7	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Efthalia Koutroumanidou	Total	52	23	0	0.442	0	8	1	2
	1	52	23	0	0.442	0	8	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	66	35	0	0.530	0	31	9	21
Efthalia Koutroumanidou	162	75	0	0.463	1	31	3	5
Total	228	110	0	0.482	1	62	12	26
Opponents	212	115	0	0.542	12	74	12	23

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Vasso Karadassiou - 19th	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Eydoxia Argiropoulou - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th	Did not play
2012	Olympic Games	London	Maria Tsiartsiani - 19th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Penny Karagkouni - 33rd	Did not play
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Penny Karagkouni - 33rd	Did not play

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	$40,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	6	3	0	$49,500.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	26	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	0	9	5	0	$94,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Efthalia Koutroumanidou
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	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
70	1	2	0	1	8	20	14	9	0	$247,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	1	7	5	8	0	$58,975.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	0	1	1	1	5	13	25	14	0	$127,575.00
4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
184	3	3	0	7	37	50	38	21	0	$510,087.50	Total	102	0	1	1	2	7	24	33	22	0	$202,200.00

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
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	2	$47,500.00	26	21	55.3 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	4	0	$41,250.00	15	23	39.5 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	6	5	2	$88,750.00	41	44	48.2 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$2,650.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	0	$20,625.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	0	$20,625.00
26	0	0	0	1	3	7	7	5	3	$44,375.00	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	1	4	7	7	12	9	$51,725.00

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	27	58.7%	9	19.6%	10	21.7%	36-10	78.3%	5	12.2%	5	12.2%	31	75.6%	5-36	12.2%	27-31	46.6%	14-15	48.3%	2	2	43-48	47.3%
2003-2004	27	58.7%	9	19.6%	10	21.7%	36-10	78.3%	5	12.2%	5	12.2%	31	75.6%	5-36	12.2%	27-31	46.6%	14-15	48.3%	2	2	43-48	47.3%
Against the Field	9	56.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	2	6.1%	4	12.1%	27	81.8%	2-31	6.1%	18-48	27.3%	10-16	38.5%	1	2	15-34	30.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	4	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	1	8	7	0	0	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	29
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	12	2	16	17	0	0	9	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	46	52

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou trail the series against the field 14-33 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 11 Series, 7 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	21-17, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Bede/Behar	1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21	21-13, 21-14	0:33
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	18	21-12, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-4
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Connelly/Pires	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	21-13, 21-14	0:34
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	14	11-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	21-12, 21-17	0:38
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	21-9, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	McPeak/Youngs	6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	21-11, 18-21, 15-7	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-4
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	21-10, 21-16	0:34
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	21-16, 23-21	0:47
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	19	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Tian/Wang, China 2-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	13	Tian/Wang	4	By Forfeit
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21	Tian/Wang	5	21-19, 21-19	0:41
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-16, 27-29, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-3
8/21/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	8	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	21-12, 19-21, 15-11	1:02
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	23	Pohl/Rau	9	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:04
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	13	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	20	By Forfeit
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 9 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-2
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28	34-32, 21-13	0:48
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	21-17, 21-19	0:44
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-3
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Lahme/Musch	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	21-16, 16-21, 15-10	0:59
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Lahme/Musch	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	18-21, 21-10, 15-10	0:51
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Series tied with # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	13	23-21, 23-21	0:42
Series tied with # 13 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-2
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21	Kadijk/Leenstra	10	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:52
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	Kadijk/Leenstra	11	21-19, 23-21	0:43
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	21-23, 21-16, 15-12	0:51
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kadijk/Leenstra	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 4	Gattelli/Perrotta	27, Q3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	23	22-20, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Dumont/Martin, Canada 0-1
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Dumont/Martin	12	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	21-12, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 17 Wang/You, China 1-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Wang/You	24, Q5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	22-20, 21-19	0:41
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Wang/You	19	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 18 Lochowicz/Pottharst, Australia 1-1
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochowicz/Pottharst	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	23	21-18, 22-20	0:40
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21	Lochowicz/Pottharst	12	21-17, 22-20	0:41
Series tied with # 19 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-1
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	21-18, 21-14	0:30
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool B	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	18	21-17, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-2
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	6	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:53
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	10	21-13, 23-21	0:37
Series tied with # 22 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	Hakedal/Torlen	22	21-11, 21-23, 15-12	1:00
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	20	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 23 Naidoo/Willand, South Africa 1-0
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	Naidoo/Willand	Q17	21-17, 26-28, 15-8	0:54
Series tied with # 24 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-1
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	10	21-16, 21-12	0:37
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	28-26, 21-11	0:45