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US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003

(15) Dax Holdren/Stein Metzger, United States

Dax Holdren
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rosarito 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$123,350.00

Stein Metzger
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$313,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	US$103,500.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Carl Henkel - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	17, Q1	5th	360	US$13,000.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool K	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany (39)	Won 31-33, 21-17, 15-12	1:06
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool K	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (10)	Lost 10-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:55
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool K	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (34)	Won 21-6, 18-21, 15-5	0:59
Thu, 10/16/2003	Winner 1	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (24)	Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:58
Fri, 10/17/2003	Winner 2	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (21)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:45
Fri, 10/17/2003	Winner 3	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:46
Sat, 10/18/2003	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (2)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:46
Sun, 10/19/2003	Gold Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:44

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Todd Rogers - 9th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Todd Rogers - 5th	Kevin Wong - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Stein Metzger - 2nd	Dax Holdren - 2nd
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Jake Gibb - 13th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Mike Lambert - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	15	2nd	720	US$40,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$23,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	$40,500.00
Total	13	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	0	$103,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dax Holdren												Stein Metzger
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$28,100.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	0	$32,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	3	2	0	5	7	2	2	0	$125,650.00
24	1	0	0	1	3	10	6	2	0	$62,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	2	1	5	2	8	10	7	2	0	$146,050.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
39	1	1	0	1	7	14	10	4	0	$123,350.00	Total	67	2	5	8	2	14	19	10	4	0	$313,200.00

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	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,000.00	11	3	78.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,000.00	11	3	78.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dax Holdren													Stein Metzger
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	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	1997	FIVB
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$17,500.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$19,000.00	2001	FIVB	11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	$11,800.00	2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$40,000.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$52,000.00
26	1	1	0	0	4	9	9	1	1	$91,400.00	Total	Total	31	2	3	4	1	7	5	6	1	2	$154,050.00

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	21	56.8%	7	18.9%	9	24.3%	28-9	75.7%	7	28.0%	5	20.0%	13	52.0%	7-18	28.0%	21-13	61.8%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	36-27	57.1%
2002-2003	7	70.0%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	7-2	77.8%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	11-3	78.6%
Against the Field	15	48.4%	7	22.6%	9	29.0%	22-9	71.0%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	6	46.2%	4-9	30.8%	30-12	71.4%	22-24	47.8%	0	0	26-18	59.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	21	17
Total	1	0	3	0	6	3	0	0	14	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	36	27

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Metzger lead the series against the field 10-2 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
10/19/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Holdren/Metzger	15	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Rego/Santos	1	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-0
10/18/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Metzger	15	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 3	Holdren/Metzger	15	Heuscher/Kobel	6	23-21, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Baracetti/Conde	10	Holdren/Metzger	15	21-10, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 21 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-0
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	15	Berg/Dahl	21	21-19, 21-12	0:45
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Berg/Dahl	16	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 22 Carrasco/Mesa, Spain 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Carrasco/Mesa	Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	15	Holden/Leinemann	24	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 34 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Holdren/Metzger	15	Child/Heese	34	21-6, 18-21, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 39 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Holdren/Metzger	15	Ahmann/Hager	39	31-33, 21-17, 15-12	1:06