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

(21) Freedom Chiya/Grant Goldschmidt, South Africa

Freedom Chiya
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Durban

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

19th (FIVB London 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$1,750.00

Grant Goldschmidt
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cape Town

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Kampong Speu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$8,243.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	41	57	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	US$1,500.00

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	Q31	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q23	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q59	57th	6	US$0.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/28/2012

Pool D

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (4)

Lost 10-21, 11-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Freedom Chiya	Total	30	8	0	0.267	0	5	1	1
	1	30	8	0	0.267	0	5	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Grant Goldschmidt	Total	16	5	0	0.313	1	5	0	2
	1	16	5	0	0.313	1	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 7/30/2012

Pool D

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (16)

Lost 13-21, 10-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Freedom Chiya	Total	18	8	0	0.444	0	5	1	2
	1	18	8	0	0.444	0	5	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Grant Goldschmidt	Total	22	9	0	0.409	0	0	0	1
	1	22	9	0	0.409	0	0	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/1/2012

Pool D

Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (9)

Lost 19-21, 13-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Freedom Chiya	Total	32	16	0	0.500	0	13	0	2
	1	32	16	0	0.500	0	13	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Grant Goldschmidt	Total	18	6	0	0.333	4	1	1	2
	1	18	6	0	0.333	4	1	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Freedom Chiya	80	32	0	0.400	0	23	2	5
Grant Goldschmidt	56	20	0	0.357	5	6	1	5
Total	136	52	0	0.382	5	29	3	10
Opponents	115	72	0	0.626	12	49	5	5

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Olympic Games	London	Grant Goldschmidt - 19th	Freedom Chiya - 19th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Leo Williams - 37th

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Freedom Chiya												Grant Goldschmidt
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$700.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,750.00	Total	27	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	$8,150.00

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
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00	0	6	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00	0	6	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Freedom Chiya													Grant Goldschmidt
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB
											2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$1,000.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$1,000.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	1	0-9	0.0%
2011-2012	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-6	0.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-3	0.0%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9

Head to Head Results
Chiya/Goldschmidt 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 # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/28/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool D	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Chiya/Goldschmidt	21	21-10, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Chiya/Goldschmidt	21	21-19, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
7/30/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool D	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	Chiya/Goldschmidt	21	21-13, 21-10	0:34