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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(6) John Garcia-Thompson/Steve Grotowski, England

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,620.00

Steve Grotowski
England

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,475.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	2	US$10,300.00

Previous London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	Q21	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q23	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q22	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q26	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q30	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	30, Q26	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	Q25	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	29	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q24	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/28/2012

Pool F

Josh Binstock / Martin Reader, Canada (19)

Lost 19-21, 13-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Garcia-Thompson	Total	24	9	0	0.375	0	7	2	3
	1	24	9	0	0.375	0	7	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	23	12	0	0.522	1	3	0	4
	1	23	12	0	0.522	1	3	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 7/30/2012

Pool F

Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (7)

Lost 17-21, 12-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Garcia-Thompson	Total	31	11	0	0.355	0	12	0	1
	1	31	11	0	0.355	0	12	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	13	5	0	0.385	1	3	1	3
	1	13	5	0	0.385	1	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/1/2012

Pool F

Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (18)

Lost 20-22, 13-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Garcia-Thompson	Total	31	14	0	0.452	0	11	0	1
	1	31	14	0	0.452	0	11	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	16	8	0	0.500	0	2	2	1
	1	16	8	0	0.500	0	2	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Garcia-Thompson	86	34	0	0.395	0	30	2	5
Steve Grotowski	52	25	0	0.481	2	8	3	8
Total	138	59	0	0.428	2	38	5	13
Opponents	135	76	1	0.556	7	50	11	10

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Antonio Cotrino - 17th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Javier Luna - 25th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski trail the series against the field 3-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Rego	2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	21-9, 21-10	0:28
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	30, Q26	21-11, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool L	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	30, Q26	21-10, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/30/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cunha/Santos	7	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	6	21-17, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q30	21-15, 23-21	0:40
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	6	22-20, 21-13	0:41
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 19 Binstock/Reader, Canada 0-1
7/28/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Binstock/Reader	19	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	6	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 20 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q23	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	30, Q26	Doppler/Horst	Q7	21-17, 25-23	0:44