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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 1 - 6, 2013

(5) Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany

Katrin Holtwick
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1984 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$519,112.50

Ilka Semmler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$520,862.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	116	2	5	9	7	14	2	27	6	22	11	3	3	5	US$1,026,725.00
FIVB C&S	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,500.00
Overall	120	4	5	9	7	16	2	27	6	22	11	3	3	5	US$1,038,225.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Ilka Semmler - 7th	Katrin Holtwick - 7th
2010	Ilka Semmler - 25th	Katrin Holtwick - 25th
2011	Ilka Semmler - 5th	Katrin Holtwick - 5th
2012	Ilka Semmler - 3rd	Katrin Holtwick - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	2	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	3	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	5	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	5	3rd	400	US$12,000.00
FIVB	10/23-28/2012	Bangsaen Open	1	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/28-9/2/2012	Åland Open	2	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	6	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	12	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	8	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/1/2013

Pool E

Ieva Dumbauskaite / Monika Paulikiene, Lithuania (44)

Won 21-15, 21-18

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	Total	20	13	1	0.600	0	4	1	4
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	0	3
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	3	1	1
Ilka Semmler	Total	22	13	2	0.500	1	5	1	3
	1	12	10	1	0.750	0	1	1	1
	2	10	3	1	0.200	1	4	0	2

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool E

Marloes Wesselink / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (29)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	Total	24	16	2	0.583	1	9	2	4
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	5	2	2
	2	11	7	2	0.455	1	4	0	2
Ilka Semmler	Total	21	10	3	0.333	3	4	2	1
	1	10	4	2	0.200	0	2	2	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	3	2	0	1

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool E

Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (20)

Won 23-21, 15-21, 16-14

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	Total	44	20	8	0.273	0	5	2	3
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	1	1	2
	2	16	4	4	0.000	0	2	1	1
	3	13	7	2	0.385	0	2	0	0
Ilka Semmler	Total	13	10	2	0.615	2	4	2	2
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	0	0
	2	5	5	0	1.000	0	1	0	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	2	0	2	1

Thu, 7/4/2013

Winner 1

Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (9)

Lost 21-15, 17-21, 13-15

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	Total	30	17	6	0.367	0	6	1	1
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	2	1	1
	2	13	5	3	0.154	0	3	0	0
	3	11	7	2	0.455	0	1	0	0
Ilka Semmler	Total	20	11	1	0.500	1	3	4	4
	1	5	3	0	0.600	1	0	1	0
	2	13	6	1	0.385	0	3	3	3
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	118	66	17	0.415	1	24	6	12
Ilka Semmler	76	44	8	0.474	7	16	9	10
Total	194	110	25	0.438	8	40	15	22
Opponents	198	115	33	0.414	12	42	10	28

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Ilka Semmler - 17th	Katrin Holtwick - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Ilka Semmler - 9th	Katrin Holtwick - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Ilka Semmler - 4th	Katrin Holtwick - 4th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	7	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	40	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	5	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	4	4th	700	US$28,000.00

Head to Head Results
Holtwick/Semmler lead the series against the field 41-31 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	24, Q9	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 0-4
4/28/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	1	Holtwick/Semmler	5	21-15, 21-14	0:35
7/15/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	1	Holtwick/Semmler	8	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-15, 21-18	0:34
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-11, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 2-1
4/28/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	21-17, 21-18	0:36
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler	22	21-11, 21-10	0:29
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 1-2
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	6	Holtwick/Semmler	2	21-16, 21-18	0:37
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7	21-16, 21-17	0:36
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	6	Holtwick/Semmler	3	22-24, 21-19, 16-14	0:55
Series tied with # 7 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-1
8/31/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Holtwick/Semmler	2	21-18, 21-14	0:34
8/18/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Birlova/Ukolova	24	23-25, 26-24, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 8 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 2-3
7/15/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Holtwick/Semmler	8	21-13, 21-19	0:35
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Holtwick/Semmler	15	21-10, 21-17	0:32
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Holtwick/Semmler	31	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	21-19, 21-16	0:38
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Cicolari/Menegatti	21	21-15, 21-16	0:41
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 4-3
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	9	Holtwick/Semmler	5	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:44
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Holtwick/Semmler	21	21-14, 24-26, 16-14	0:55
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Holtwick/Semmler	25	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	11	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	21-15, 21-11	0:28
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	7	Holtwick/Semmler	26	21-17, 21-14	0:31
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Keizer/Van Iersel	15	21-13, 21-16	0:42
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	18	Keizer/Van Iersel	15	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 10 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-1
9/2/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Gold Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	8	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Baquerizo/Fernandez	22	Holtwick/Semmler	11	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 2-1
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Maestrini/Seixas	10	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:45
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Maestrini/Seixas	13	Holtwick/Semmler	5	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:47
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Maestrini/Seixas	12	21-18, 26-24	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-6
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-12, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-14, 17-21, 15-9	0:41
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Salgado/Salgado	11	21-19, 15-21, 19-17	0:51
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	12	Holtwick/Semmler	21	21-18, 21-15	0:34
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	5	Holtwick/Semmler	11	21-16, 21-15	0:37
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	2	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-14, 20-22, 15-8	0:49
9/7/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Gold Medal	Salgado/Salgado	4	Holtwick/Semmler	7	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	0:56
Lead the series against # 15 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	19	Kolocova/Slukova	24	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 3-1
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool B	Mader/Zumkehr	15	Holtwick/Semmler	2	23-21, 13-21, 15-13	0:50
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Mader/Zumkehr	11	24-22, 21-11	0:38
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Mader/Zumkehr	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:49
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Mader/Zumkehr	13	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-0
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Borger/Buthe	21, Q9	21-11, 21-23, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-6
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-18, 21-23, 15-9	0:50
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28, Q1	Holtwick/Semmler	25	21-17, 23-21	0:37
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	21-11, 21-23, 15-11	0:44
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	31	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	22-20, 21-12	0:34
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool B	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Holtwick/Semmler	15	21-18, 21-14	0:37
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	Holtwick/Semmler	19	22-20, 21-17	0:39
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Holtwick/Semmler	4	21-15, 15-21, 21-19	1:13
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	21-18, 21-13	0:38
Series tied with # 20 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 1-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Bawden/Clancy	20	23-21, 15-21, 16-14	0:48
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool B	Bawden/Clancy	18	Holtwick/Semmler	2	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 23 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 24 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 4-1
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Forrer/Verge-Depre	21	22-24, 21-18, 15-11	0:49
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Forrer/Verge-Depre	21, Q2	21-11, 21-16	0:33
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Forrer/Verge-Depre	22	Holtwick/Semmler	6	21-19, 25-23	0:38
7/14/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Forrer/Verge-Depre	30, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:34
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Forrer/Verge-Depre	31	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 26 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 4-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	19, Q4	21-18, 21-18	0:34
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q1	22-20, 21-13	0:37
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 28 Fopma/Sweat, United States 1-0
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Fopma/Sweat	28, Q9	21-12, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # 29 van der Vlist/Wesselink, Netherlands 3-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Wesselink/van der Vlist	29	21-17, 21-15	0:38
6/16/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Wesselink/van der Vlist	26	21-12, 21-14	0:31
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Wesselink/van der Vlist	28, Q12	21-17, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 30 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Holtwick/Semmler	10	Hermannova/Williams	26, Q2	21-13, 18-21, 15-7	0:42
Lead the series against # 33 Hansel/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Hansel/Schutzenhofer	28, Q12	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 34 Popova/Prokopeva, Russia 1-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Popova/Prokopeva	30	21-16, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 42 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q14	21-13, 20-22, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 44 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 1-0
7/1/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	44	21-15, 21-18	0:34