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XVII Pan Am Games
July 13 - 21, 2015

(7) Natalia Alfaro/Karen Charles, Costa Rica

Natalia Alfaro
Costa Rica

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 8, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Heredia

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

59 kg (130 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (9 times)

Career PAN AM Best:

8th (Toronto 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$20,800.00

Karen Cope Charles
Costa Rica

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Jose

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career PAN AM Best:

8th (Toronto 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$12,025.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	US$8,400.00
NORCECA	22	0	4	2	4	2	3	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$15,650.00
PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	31	0	4	2	4	2	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	US$24,050.00

Previous Toronto Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
NORCECA 2014	Karen Charles - 7th	Natalia Alfaro - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	38	37th	200	US$3,400.00
NORCECA	4/24-26/2015	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands	3	5th	160	US$500.00
NORCECA	11/14-16/2014	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Trinidad and Tobago		7th	110	US$400.00
NORCECA	10/3-5/2014	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Chula Vista		7th	140	US$300.00
NORCECA	9/19-21/2014	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Boqueron	3	6th	140	US$400.00
NORCECA	8/22-24/2014	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Varadero		6th	110	US$400.00

XVII Pan Am Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/13/2015	Pool B	Pilar Mardones / Francisca Rivas, Chile (10)	Won 16-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:00
Tue, 7/14/2015	Pool B	Elia Machado / Lolette Rodriguez, Nicaragua (15)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:31
Thu, 7/16/2015	Pool B	Carolina Horta / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 11-21, 21-18, 6-15	0:46
Fri, 7/17/2015	Winner 1	Bibiana Candelas / Martha Revuelta, Mexico (5)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:42
Sat, 7/18/2015	Winner 2	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Taylor Pischke, Canada (1)	Lost 12-21, 12-21	0:38
Mon, 7/20/2015		Andrea Galindo / Gorda Galindo, Colombia (6)	Lost 13-21, 21-19, 12-15	1:00
Tue, 7/21/2015		Fabiana Gomez / Maria Eugenia Nieto, Uruguay (8)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,600.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$8,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Natalia Alfaro												Karen Charles
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$800.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$4,200.00	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$4,200.00

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
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	0	3	0.0 %
2015	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Natalia Alfaro													Karen Charles
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	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	PAN AM
4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$775.00	2007	NORCECA
4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$800.00	2008	NORCECA
6	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2009	NORCECA
7	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00	2010	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	PAN AM
6	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	$1,425.00	2011	NORCECA
6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2012	NORCECA
6	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$775.00	2013	NORCECA	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$775.00
8	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00	2014	NORCECA	8	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
53	0	6	6	12	20	7	0	0	2	$13,850.00	Total	Total	15	0	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	1	$5,075.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2014-2015	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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

Head to Head Results
Alfaro/Charles trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 0-1
7/18/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	1	Alfaro/Charles	7	21-12, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Horta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
7/16/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool B	Horta/Maestrini	2	Alfaro/Charles	7	21-11, 18-21, 15-6	0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Candelas/Revuelta, Mexico 1-0
7/17/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Winner 1	Alfaro/Charles	7	Candelas/Revuelta	5	21-18, 21-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Galindo/Galindo, Colombia 0-1
7/20/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games		Galindo/Galindo	6	Alfaro/Charles	7	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 8 Gomez/Nieto, Uruguay 0-1
7/21/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games		Gomez/Nieto	8	Alfaro/Charles	7	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Mardones/Rivas, Chile 1-0
7/13/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool B	Alfaro/Charles	7	Mardones/Rivas	10	16-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 15 Machado/Rodriguez, Nicaragua 1-0
7/14/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool B	Alfaro/Charles	7	Machado/Rodriguez	15	21-15, 21-9	0:31