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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 20 - 25, 2004

(Q12) Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany

Rieke Brink-Abeler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emsdetten

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$175,587.44

Hella Jürich
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokio

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$150,488.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	35	41	CQ	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$8,549.88
FIVB	52	0	0	0	1	10	1	14	4	8	6	4	0	2	2	US$292,900.00
Overall	57	0	0	0	1	10	1	15	6	9	6	4	1	2	2	US$301,449.88

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	Q30	41st	12	US$0.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		35th	8	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 9/20/2004	Qualifier 1	Isabelle Forrer / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (27, Q5)	Lost 13-21, 24-22, 11-15	0:51

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	4	5	2	$101,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	0	0	1	8	1	9	2	4	1	6	$170,200.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,000.00
Total	54	0	0	0	1	10	1	14	5	8	6	9	$294,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rieke Brink-Abeler												Hella Jurich
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	2	0	0	1	$13,150.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$10,750.00
29	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	6	11	$54,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	5	2	$50,600.00
50	0	0	0	1	10	11	10	2	16	$98,910.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	0	0	1	9	11	4	1	6	$85,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$2,250.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00
85	0	0	0	1	12	20	15	8	29	$169,210.00	Total	54	0	0	0	1	11	19	8	6	9	$147,450.00

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
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rieke Brink-Abeler													Hella Jurich
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$1,260.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00

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	76	65.0%	26	22.2%	15	12.8%	102-15	87.2%	12	12.8%	22	23.4%	60	63.8%	12-82	12.8%	76-60	55.9%	38-37	50.7%	1	2	115-99	53.7%
2003-2004	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%
Against the Field	12	66.7%	2	11.1%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	1	5.3%	8	42.1%	10	52.6%	1-18	5.3%	24-18	57.1%	6-24	20.0%	1	0	16-21	43.2%

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	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	4	1	16	17	0	0	6	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	8	5	0	0	0	0	40	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	79	59
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total	6	2	12	7	19	17	0	0	49	42	0	1	0	1	0	0	117	102

Head to Head Results
Brink-Abeler/Jurich trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
6/15/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q30	21-17, 16-21, 15-7	0:49
Trail the series against # 26 Alcon/Pol, Spain 0-1
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q39	25-23, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 Forrer/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
9/20/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Forrer/Schwer	27, Q5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q12	21-13, 22-24, 15-11	0:51