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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Brazil Open
October 1 - 6, 2002

(18) Fabio Diez/John Garcia-Thompson, Spain

Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker
Spain

/ Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Fe (ARG)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Mallorca 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$144,733.49

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV Valencia 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,350.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,344.46
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	US$11,990.00
Overall	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	2	US$13,334.46

Previous Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Javier Bosma - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	12	17th	60	US$2,520.00
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	14	9th	40	€ 1,350.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	9	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	29, Q7	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	42	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	Q9	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	27, Q12	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	Q12	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q9	41st	10	US$0.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/3/2002	Pool B	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (2)	Lost 11-21, 12-21	0:39
Thu, 10/3/2002	Pool B	Lula Barbosa / Adriano Garrido, Brazil (31, Q8)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:39
Fri, 10/4/2002	Pool B	Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (15)	Lost 12-21, 11-21	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	$9,990.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	3	$13,340.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Fabio Diez												John Garcia-Thompson
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$12,075.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	$6,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	$4,450.00
65	0	0	2	1	8	16	18	15	5	$109,945.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	24	$30,145.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$9,075.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$4,175.00
80	0	1	2	3	10	20	21	17	6	$138,995.00	Total	72	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	15	39	$44,795.00

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$11,990.00	10	18	35.7 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$11,990.00	10	18	35.7 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Fabio Diez													John Garcia-Thompson
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	1	0	0	$500.00	1990	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	0	0	$18,850.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	1	0	$32,600.00	1998	FIVB
13	0	0	1	1	3	5	3	0	0	$41,750.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,512.50	1999	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	8	0	$15,750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	$12,375.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$5,995.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$5,995.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
81	0	1	3	3	10	20	21	17	6	$140,007.50	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	$6,670.00

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	9	64.3%	0	0.0%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11	84.6%	0-13	0.0%	9-11	45.0%	0-7	0.0%	1	0	10-18	35.7%
2001-2002	9	64.3%	0	0.0%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11	84.6%	0-13	0.0%	9-11	45.0%	0-7	0.0%	1	0	10-18	35.7%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	2-14	12.5%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	1-10	9.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	3	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	7	3	3	15	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	20

Head to Head Results
Diez/Garcia-Thompson trail the series against the field 2-11 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	18	21-11, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Metzger/Wong	11	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Laciga/Laciga	8	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	21-17, 21-17	0:49
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	21-15, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	Horrem/Maaseide	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Series tied with # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	21-18, 21-13	0:45
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	21-23, 21-19, 16-14	1:10
Trail the series against # 13 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	24	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	21-19, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 15 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Lopes/Neto	15	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	18	21-12, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 24 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q13	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:59
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	42	21-16, 17-21, 15-6	0:49
Trail the series against # 31, Q8 Barbosa/Garrido, Brazil 0-1
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Barbosa/Garrido	31, Q8	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	18	23-21, 21-18	0:39