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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(33) Rieke Brink-Abeler/Angelina Grun, Germany

Rieke Brink-Abeler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emsdetten

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$166,960.00

Angelina Grün
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Kristiansand 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$15,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	8	US$30,100.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	29	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/2-7/2010	Phuket Thailand Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2010	Sanya Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	24, Q6	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	30, Q24	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q26	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	29, Q31	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool I

Vivian Cunha / Taiana Lima, Brazil (9)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Rieke Brink-Abeler	Total	30	12	4	0.267	0	5	0	3
	1	11	4	1	0.273	0	4	0	1
	2	19	8	3	0.263	0	1	0	2
Angelina Grun	Total	18	10	2	0.444	0	7	1	1
	1	16	9	2	0.438	0	5	1	0
	2	2	1	0	0.500	0	2	0	1

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool I

Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (40)

Lost 26-28, 11-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Rieke Brink-Abeler	Total	22	12	2	0.455	0	10	1	3
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	7	1	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	0	1
Angelina Grun	Total	34	15	5	0.294	0	5	2	6
	1	22	11	1	0.455	0	5	2	4
	2	12	4	4	0.000	0	0	0	2

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool I

Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (16)

Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-12

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Rieke Brink-Abeler	Total	32	18	1	0.531	0	9	3	4
	1	15	9	0	0.600	0	3	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	1	1
	3	7	3	1	0.286	0	3	2	2
Angelina Grun	Total	17	10	3	0.412	3	8	0	4
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	3	0	3
	2	4	3	0	0.750	1	2	0	1
	3	6	4	1	0.500	1	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Rieke Brink-Abeler	84	42	7	0.417	0	24	4	10
Angelina Grun	69	35	10	0.362	3	20	3	11
Total	153	77	17	0.392	3	44	7	21
Opponents	168	90	21	0.411	3	45	6	18

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Hella Jurich - 13th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Hella Jurich - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	33	33rd	50	US$4,800.00

Head to Head Results
Brink-Abeler/Grun trail the series against the field 12-23 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	5	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29	Keizer/Van Iersel	4	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	3	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	21-15, 21-9	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 0-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Cunha/Lima	9	Brink-Abeler/Grun	33	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	8	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	21-11, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Fendrick/Niles, United States 0-2
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Fendrick/Niles	13	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29	21-16, 21-14	0:28
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Fendrick/Niles	16, Q1	Brink-Abeler/Grun	17	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-2
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	25, Q8	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29	23-21, 21-15	0:37
10/29/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Gioria/Momoli	15	Brink-Abeler/Grun	17	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Series tied with # 16 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Brink-Abeler/Grun	33	Lessard/Martin	16	18-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:42
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Lessard/Martin	20	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	12	Brink-Abeler/Grun	21	21-18, 21-18	0:43
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Kolocova/Slukova	6	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:51
Trail the series against # 22 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-2
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	20	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29	25-23, 21-10	0:34
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	20	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	21-16, 15-21, 21-19	0:49
Series tied with # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	Baquerizo/Fernandez	19, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	26, Q7	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q26	18-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 24 Kohler/Sude, Germany 1-3
8/2/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Country Quota	Kohler/Sude	30, Q21	Brink-Abeler/Grun		23-25, 21-19, 15-12	1:01
7/26/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Kohler/Sude	Q18	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/7/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q31	Kohler/Sude		22-20, 21-17	0:40
5/25/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Country Quota	Kohler/Sude	Q12	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-12, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
6/8/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q31	Martins/Santanna	Q2	22-20, 24-22	0:40
Lead the series against # 30 Huang/Yue, China 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Huang/Yue	21	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 31 Banck/Gunther, Germany 3-2
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	Q6	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-17, 21-16	0:39
4/26/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q10	Banck/Gunther		21-9, 15-21, 15-7	0:45
7/5/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q26	Banck/Gunther		24-22, 21-18	0:40
6/28/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	Banck/Gunther		21-19, 21-19	0:38
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-17, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 36 Boulton/Johns, England 1-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Boulton/Johns	26	21-14, 21-13	0:30
6/8/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Boulton/Johns	31, Q18	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q31	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 37 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 0-1
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	27, Q7	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 40 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Holtwick/Semmler	40	Brink-Abeler/Grun	33	28-26, 21-11	0:39