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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(18) Renato "Geor" Gomes/Gia Terceiro, Georgia

Renato "Geor" B. da Rocha Gomes
Georgia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Joao Pessoa, Brazil

Height:

204 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Beijing 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$200,100.00

Jorge "Gia" Ferreira Terceiro
Georgia

/ Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 19, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Joao Pessoa, Brazil

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Beijing 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$200,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	101	0	0	0	1	5	3	19	13	28	12	12	2	6	US$400,200.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Gia Terceiro - 17th	Renato "Geor" Gomes - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	21, Q1	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	18, Q2	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	23, Q3	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q1	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	19, Q2	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	22	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	19, Q4	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	17	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q19	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	22, Q9	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (15)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:43
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 2	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (2)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:44
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 2	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (16)	Won 21-12, 17-21, 15-7	0:51
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 11-15	0:54

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,600.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	5	8	0	$155,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	60	0	0	0	0	2	3	11	13	23	4	0	$233,300.00
Total	101	0	0	0	1	5	3	19	13	28	12	0	$400,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Renato "Geor" Gomes												Gia Terceiro
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00
37	0	0	0	0	3	8	5	8	0	$77,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	0	0	0	3	8	5	8	0	$77,650.00
60	0	0	0	0	5	24	23	4	0	$116,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	61	0	0	0	0	5	24	23	4	0	$116,650.00
101	0	0	0	1	8	32	28	12	0	$200,100.00	Total	102	0	0	0	1	8	32	28	12	0	$200,100.00

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
2006	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	5	$29,500.00	25	23	52.1 %
2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$25,500.00	18	9	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	2	6	$55,000.00	43	32	57.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Renato "Geor" Gomes													Gia Terceiro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	5	$14,750.00	2006	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	5	$14,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$12,750.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$12,750.00
19	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	2	6	$27,500.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	2	7	$27,500.00

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	128	61.8%	33	15.9%	46	22.2%	161-46	77.8%	27	15.0%	31	17.2%	122	67.8%	27-153	15.0%	128-122	51.2%	60-77	43.8%	5	2	193-201	49.0%
2006-2007	44	60.3%	16	21.9%	13	17.8%	60-13	82.2%	10	18.2%	9	16.4%	36	65.5%	10-45	18.2%	44-36	55.0%	26-22	54.2%	0	0	70-58	54.7%
Against the Field	27	50.0%	9	16.7%	18	33.3%	36-18	66.7%	10	14.7%	7	10.3%	51	75.0%	10-58	14.7%	54-98	35.5%	38-50	43.2%	1	1	47-75	38.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	22	15	26	43	0	0	12	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	74
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	30	5	0	0	0	0	36	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	117
Total	0	0	52	20	30	51	0	0	50	72	0	1	0	1	0	0	193	201

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 20-20 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 7 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/26/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	21-13, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-4
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	21-14, 21-16	0:44
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19, Q4	21-14, 21-14	0:34
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	21-6, 21-15	0:37
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Cunha/Neto	25, Q1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q16	21-10, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:58
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	14	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	21-13, 21-12	0:35
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	15	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	21-13, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 6, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Marques/Solberg	4, Q1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	31, Q31	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:54
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 6	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	21-14, 16-21, 15-8	0:59
Series tied with # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Pedrosa/Rosas	19	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q19	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q14	21-16, 21-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-14, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q9	21-12, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Baracetti/Conde	7	21-17, 18-21, 16-14	1:00
Series tied with # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-1
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	21-15, 21-18	0:49
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	16	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	21-14, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Lione/Varnier	15	21-16, 21-17	0:43
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Series tied with # 16 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-12, 17-21, 15-7	0:51
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	12	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	1:13
Lead the series against # 21 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q8	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q25	21-13, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 25, Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-15, 21-12	0:40
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 26, Q6 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	30	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:45
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q9	Gscheidle/Schnider	27	21-16, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	31, Q31	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q11 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	15	21-9, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q17 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	Babich/Nikolaev	Q37	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Series tied with # Q18 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Smedins/Smedins	Q15	13-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:53
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Smedins/Smedins	32, Q16	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q1	8-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q25 Hakala/Kankaanpaa, Finland 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	Hakala/Kankaanpaa	Q32	21-11, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # Q30 Augoustides/Flisberg, South Africa 2-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Augoustides/Flisberg	Q35	21-9, 21-15	0:32
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q1	Augoustides/Flisberg	Q33	21-15, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # Q33 Martin/Plaza, Spain 1-0
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q9	Martin/Plaza	Q41	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:52