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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Major
July 5 - 10, 2016

(28, Q7) Geir Eithun/Christian Sorum, 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

Christian Sandlie Sørum
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oslo

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$945,781.89

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2018, 2019
Tour Champion 2018 (with Anders Mol)
Team of the Year 2019 (with Anders Mol)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$8,000.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Iver Horrem - 25th	Did not play
2013	Iver Horrem - 41st	Did not play
2014	Iver Horrem - 33rd	Did not play
2015	Iver Horrem - 25th	Runar Sannarnes - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	28, Q6	25th	160	US$4,000.00

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/5/2016	Qualifier 1	Lorenz Schumann / Julius Thole, Germany (Q26)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:32
Wed, 7/6/2016	Qualifier 2	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (Q10)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:30
Thu, 7/7/2016	Pool E	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (5)	Lost 13-21, 21-15, 9-15	0:44
Thu, 7/7/2016	Pool E	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (12)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 13-15	0:51
Fri, 7/8/2016	Pool E	Martins Plavins / Haralds Regza, Latvia (21, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:33

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geir Eithun												Christian Sorum
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	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00
											World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00
38	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	13	0	$55,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	16	4	6	2	4	4	1	2	0	$405,000.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	4	0	$13,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	0	$123,187.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$5,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Challenger
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
66	0	0	0	0	1	7	13	17	0	$70,275.00	Total	97	29	9	9	4	15	12	8	6	0	$945,512.50

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
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,000.00	5	5	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geir Eithun													Christian Sorum
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	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2010	FIVB
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$11,825.00	2012	FIVB
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	3	$16,650.00	2013	FIVB
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	$9,500.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	$16,200.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	$9,800.00	2016	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	1	$8,687.50
65	0	0	0	0	1	7	13	17	27	$70,275.00	Total	Total	15	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	5	3	$8,687.50

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2015-2016	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Total	0	0	4	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5

Head to Head Results
Eithun/Sorum trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	5	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q7	21-13, 15-21, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q6	21-10, 26-24	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	12	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q7	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 19 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 1-0
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool E	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q6	Felipe/Filho	12	22-24, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 21, Q2 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Plavins/Regza	21, Q2	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 22 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool E	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q6	21-15, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # Q10 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q7	Finsters/Tocs	Q10	21-15, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # Q26 Schumann/Thole, Germany 1-0
7/5/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q7	Schumann/Thole	Q26	22-20, 21-16	0:32