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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
May 8 - 13, 2012

(Q15) Geir Eithun/Iver Horrem, Norway

Geir Eithun
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Førde

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Long Beach 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$70,275.00

Iver Andreas Horrem
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aukra

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$256,065.00

Awards

Best Server 2006

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	9	12	9	1	5	US$115,550.00

Previous Beijing Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Vegard Hoidalen - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q13	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	27, Q7	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	28	13th	180	US$4,250.00

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/9/2012	Qualifier 1	Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q18)	Won 20-22, 22-20, 15-12	0:52
Wed, 5/9/2012	Qualifier 2	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (16, Q2)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:35

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	11	0	$94,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$18,150.00
Total	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	9	12	0	$115,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geir Eithun												Iver Horrem
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,025.00
38	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	13	0	$55,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	65	0	0	0	0	4	6	14	17	0	$108,450.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	4	0	$13,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	108	0	0	0	0	6	23	27	22	0	$130,080.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Challenger
											Satellite	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00
66	0	0	0	0	1	7	13	17	0	$70,275.00	Total	183	0	1	0	1	10	30	45	39	0	$256,065.00

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	1	1	0	2	$7,050.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$7,050.00	6	6	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geir Eithun													Iver Horrem
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00
											2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	$3,000.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	$16,125.00
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	$17,205.00
											2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	2	$14,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	$25,300.00
											2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3	0	$34,375.00
											2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	1	0	$32,375.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	3	$26,050.00
											2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	3	$13,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$4,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$3,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2010	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$6,000.00	2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	$4,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,525.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,525.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	14	$9,825.00	Total	Total	144	0	1	0	1	9	25	37	27	44	$201,815.00

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	28	52.8%	14	26.4%	11	20.8%	42-11	79.2%	11	12.4%	22	24.7%	56	62.9%	11-78	12.4%	28-56	33.3%	25-33	43.1%	2	1	55-90	37.9%
2011-2012	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	9	50.0%	4-14	22.2%	8-9	47.1%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	16-16	50.0%
Against the Field	8	53.3%	4	26.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	3	9.1%	8	24.2%	22	66.7%	3-30	9.1%	16-42	27.6%	14-22	38.9%	1	0	16-32	33.3%

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
World Championships	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	19	13	13	44	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	65
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	9	11	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	22
Total	0	0	23	14	22	58	0	0	7	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	90

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	5	Eithun/Horrem	28	19-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Solberg	6	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q7	21-15, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
Trail the series against # 16, Q2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Klemperer/Koreng	16, Q2	Eithun/Horrem	Q15	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 20 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	21	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 23 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 3	Lochhead/Pitman	20	Eithun/Horrem	28	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 28, Q22 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 3	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q7	Jaani/Vesik	Q10	14-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:52
Lead the series against Barbosa/Ferramenta, Brazil 1-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q7	Barbosa/Ferramenta	11	21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # Q12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Eithun/Horrem	28	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # Q17 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Eithun/Horrem	28	Gogtepe/Sekerci	21	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Series tied with # Q18 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Eithun/Horrem	Q15	Bogatov/Prokopiev	Q18	20-22, 22-20, 15-12	0:52
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	27, Q20	Eithun/Horrem	Q13	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # Q29 Gooding/Weaver, England 1-0
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q7	Gooding/Weaver	Q26	21-16, 21-14	0:38