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XXII Commonwealth Games
July 30 - August 7, 2022

(8) Grant Goldschmidt/Leo Williams, South Africa

Grant Goldschmidt
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cape Town

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Kampong Speu 2019)

Career Other Best:

9th (Birmingham 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$8,243.70

Leo Williams
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 9, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cape Town

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Kampong Speu 2019)

Career Other Best:

9th (Birmingham 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$10,084.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	Money
FIVB	17	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	10	US$12,845.72
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	18	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	10	US$12,845.72

Previous Birmingham Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Birmingham Commonwealth Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/30/2022	Pool B	Venuste Gatsinzi / Olivier Ntagengwa, Rwanda (5)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:38
Mon, 8/1/2022	Pool B	Paul Burnett / Christopher McHugh, Australia (2)	Lost 12-21, 12-21	0:34
Wed, 8/3/2022	Pool B	Sajid Ismail / Adam Naseem, Maldives (11)	Won 21-16, 14-21, 15-11	0:52

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
Commonwealth Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	18	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$12,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Grant Goldschmidt												Leo Williams
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	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,150.00
4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	1	0	1	1	8	9	0	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Commonwealth Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
28	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	$8,150.00	Total	46	0	1	0	1	1	11	10	0	0	$9,850.00

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
2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	$2,000.00	3	6	33.3 %
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$3,400.00	0	7	0.0 %
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00	15	9	62.5 %
2022	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	11	$6,800.00	18	23	43.9 %
Total	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Grant Goldschmidt													Leo Williams
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	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2008	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$1,700.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$1,700.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	4	$150.00
5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$700.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	$800.00
											2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
27	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	18	$5,150.00	Total	Total	39	0	1	0	1	1	6	10	0	20	$6,650.00

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	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2021-2022	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-2	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	0	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	1	3	3	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	15	8
Commonwealth Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	6	11	7	11	0	0	6	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	20	27

Head to Head Results
Goldschmidt/Williams trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 0-1
8/1/22	Other	Birmingham Commonwealth Games	Pool B	Burnett/McHugh	2	Goldschmidt/Williams	8	21-12, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Gatsinzi/Ntagengwa, Rwanda 0-1
7/30/22	Other	Birmingham Commonwealth Games	Pool B	Gatsinzi/Ntagengwa	5	Goldschmidt/Williams	8	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 11 Ismail/Naseem, Maldives 1-0
8/3/22	Other	Birmingham Commonwealth Games	Pool B	Goldschmidt/Williams	8	Ismail/Naseem	11	21-16, 14-21, 15-11	0:52