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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 21, 2008

(19) Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico

Bibiana Candelas
Mexico

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1983 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mazatlan

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$120,187.50

Mayra Garcia
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tijuana, BC

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$182,340.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	60	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	8	15	13	9	1	4	US$202,750.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	61	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	8	15	13	9	1	4	US$203,250.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	12	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	23	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	26	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	14	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	17, Q11	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	18	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	24, Q16	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	31, Q23	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q21	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	Q22	33rd	30	US$0.00

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/10/2008

Pool F

Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (6)

Lost 21-18, 16-21, 8-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	Total	22	11	4	0.318	1	0	3	3
	1	22	11	4	0.318	1	0	3	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mayra Garcia	Total	37	18	4	0.378	0	0	0	1
	1	37	18	4	0.378	0	0	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/12/2008

Pool F

Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (7)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-12

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	Total	12	9	1	0.667	6	1	4	4
	1	12	9	1	0.667	6	1	4	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mayra Garcia	Total	41	17	4	0.317	0	2	1	1
	1	41	17	4	0.317	0	2	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/14/2008

Pool F

Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (18)

Lost 17-21, 10-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	Total	6	1	3	-0.333	2	0	3	3
	1	6	1	3	-0.333	2	0	3	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mayra Garcia	Total	28	11	4	0.250	0	0	0	2
	1	28	11	4	0.250	0	0	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/14/2008

Lucky Loser

Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (11)

Lost 22-20, 12-21, 11-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	Total	23	10	1	0.391	4	0	0	3
	1	23	10	1	0.391	4	0	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mayra Garcia	Total	45	18	5	0.289	0	9	2	1
	1	45	18	5	0.289	0	9	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	63	31	9	0.349	13	1	10	13
Mayra Garcia	151	64	17	0.311	0	11	3	5
Total	214	95	26	0.322	13	12	13	18
Opponents	237	137	32	0.443	10	34	18	26

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 19th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Mayra Garcia - 17th	Bibiana Candelas - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Mayra Garcia - 37th	Bibiana Candelas - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Claudia Rios - 37th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Candelas/Garcia trail the series against the field 10-23 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	3	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	21-14, 21-12	0:29
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	Tian/Wang	2	24-22, 21-13	0:37
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	1	Candelas/Garcia	32, Q30	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Candelas/Garcia	21	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-3
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 30-28	0:49
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	22-20, 21-13	0:35
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-17, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 6 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
8/10/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Candelas/Garcia	19	18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:49
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Candelas/Garcia	26	21-13, 21-12	0:28
Series tied with # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-1
8/12/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Candelas/Garcia	19	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:55
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Candelas/Garcia	23	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 10 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-3
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	12	Candelas/Garcia	21	21-15, 21-14	0:30
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	8	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:52
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Cook/Hinchley	6	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	21-16, 21-18	0:38
Series tied with # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Hakedal/Torlen	11	Candelas/Garcia	19	20-22, 21-12, 15-11	0:49
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	26	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-19, 26-24	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-2
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	Candelas/Garcia	23	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	Candelas/Garcia	14	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	21-13, 22-24, 15-12	0:49
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q24	21-16, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 15 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 2-0
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	26	Moiseeva/Uryadova	25	23-21, 21-18	0:42
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	18	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	21-15, 21-15	0:31
Series tied with # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	23-21, 21-18	0:40
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20, Q4	Candelas/Garcia	Q29	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	21-16, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Candelas/Garcia	19	21-17, 21-10	0:34
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Candelas/Garcia	32, Q30	21-19, 27-25	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadijk/Mooren	31, Q8	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-18, 15-21, 15-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	12	Martins/Santanna	11	23-21, 21-18	0:42
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	26	Martins/Santanna	23, Q5	19-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:43
Trail the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-2
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	13	Candelas/Garcia	12	15-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:51
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	31, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:33
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	30, Q5	Candelas/Garcia	Q21	24-22, 21-17	0:44