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(7) Agatha Bednarczuk/Sandra Pires, Brazil

Ágatha Bednarczuk
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Curitiba

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$896,425.00

Sandra Pires Tavares
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 16, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$773,542.50

Awards

Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018
Tour Champion 2018 (with Duda Lisboa)

Awards

Tour Champion 1995 (with Jackie Silva), 1996 (with Jackie Silva), 2003 (with Ana Paula Connelly)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	3	US$65,100.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Adriana Samuel - 17th
2003	Did not play	Ana Paula Connelly - 1st
2004	Did not play	Ana Paula Connelly - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	3	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	3	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	19	5th	240	US$10,000.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/21/2005	Winner 2	Ying Li / Lu Wang, China (26)	Lost 18-21, 21-15, 17-19	1:01
Tue, 6/21/2005	Contender 1	Xiaoyan Hu / Xi Zhang, China (28)	Won 22-20, 26-24	0:58
Wed, 6/22/2005	Contender 2	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (10)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:44
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 3	Susanne Lahme / Danja Musch, Germany (9)	Lost 13-21, 22-20, 14-16	1:02

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Jackie Silva - 1st
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Adriana Samuel - 4th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Tatiana Minello - 2nd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Ana Paula Connelly - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Sandra Pires - 17th	Agatha Bednarczuk - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Maria Antonelli - 17th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Barbara Seixas - 1st	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Duda Lisboa - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Duda Lisboa - 9th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Rebecca Cavalcanti - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	7	17th	200	US$7,500.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	$49,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	$65,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Agatha Bednarczuk												Sandra Pires
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$51,750.00	World Championships	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$67,750.00
6	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$157,250.00	World Tour Finals
72	1	6	4	3	22	18	4	1	0	$437,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	2	4	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	$139,050.00
73	10	5	8	5	9	14	3	1	0	$244,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	15	11	14	12	16	7	4	1	0	$487,822.50
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
161	13	14	15	8	32	36	10	2	0	$896,425.00	Total	110	20	16	16	13	21	9	5	2	0	$709,622.50

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
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	$30,500.00	12	9	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	$30,500.00	12	9	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Agatha Bednarczuk													Sandra Pires
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											1995	FIVB	11	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,500.00
											1996	FIVB	10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,950.00
											1997	FIVB	7	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	$66,200.00
											1998	FIVB	8	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$79,750.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	$41,000.00
											2000	FIVB	9	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	$41,500.00
											2001	FIVB	12	1	2	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	$87,000.00
											2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	$29,422.50
											2003	FIVB	10	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$115,000.00
											2004	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	$32,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	$15,250.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	$15,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	$15,250.00	Total	Total	97	20	16	16	12	19	7	4	2	1	$687,072.50

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	19	79.2%	4	16.7%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	3	15.0%	10	50.0%	7	35.0%	3-17	15.0%	19-7	73.1%	7-11	38.9%	0	1	26-19	57.8%
2004-2005	19	79.2%	4	16.7%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	3	15.0%	10	50.0%	7	35.0%	3-17	15.0%	19-7	73.1%	7-11	38.9%	0	1	26-19	57.8%
Against the Field	15	78.9%	4	21.1%	0	0.0%	19-0	100.0%	3	18.8%	7	43.8%	6	37.5%	3-13	18.8%	30-10	75.0%	14-14	50.0%	0	1	22-13	62.9%

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	13
Total	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	19

Head to Head Results
Bednarczuk/Pires lead the series against the field 11-8 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	21-13, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 6	Bede/Behar	1	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-13, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 4 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-0
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Barros/Connelly	17, Q1	15-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 5 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	9	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 9 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Lahme/Musch	9	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	21-13, 20-22, 16-14	1:02
Lead the series against # 10 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	22-20, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Kuhn/Schwer	7	13-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:03
Trail the series against # 12 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 13 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	21-16, 21-15	0:39
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 23 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 2-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Kusuhara/Urata	20	21-14, 21-16	0:42
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	Kusuhara/Urata	14	21-12, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 26 Li/Wang, China 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Li/Wang	26	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	21-18, 15-21, 19-17	1:01
Lead the series against # 28 Hu/Zhang, China 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	Hu/Zhang	28	22-20, 26-24	0:58
Lead the series against # 30 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 37 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Maxwell	30, Q5	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 46 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	Koizumi/Tanaka	30, Q11	21-14, 21-18	0:39