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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 4 - 9, 2011

(Q16) Karolina Marciniak/Katarzyna Urban, Poland

Karolina Sowala Marciniak
Poland

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lask, Poland

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB U21 World Championships Brighton 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Åland 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$19,975.00

Katarzyna Urban
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dabrowa Gomicza

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Termoli 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$23,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	US$10,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Monika Brzostek - 41st	Did not play
2010	Monika Brzostek - 41st	Joanna Wiatr - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	30, Q19	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q18	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	10	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/5/2011	Qualifier 1	Sona Novakova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (Q17)	Won 21-11, 16-21, 15-13	0:44
Tue, 7/5/2011	Qualifier 2	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (23, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:38

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$10,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Karolina Marciniak												Katarzyna Urban
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$8,650.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	$11,925.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	0	$14,775.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
40	0	0	1	0	2	2	6	7	0	$19,975.00	Total	43	1	1	0	0	1	3	6	7	0	$23,425.00

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
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$5,500.00	4	10	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$5,500.00	4	11	26.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Karolina Marciniak													Katarzyna Urban
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$3,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$6,800.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$2,850.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,125.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,300.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$2,750.00	2010	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	8	$7,275.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,750.00	2011	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,750.00
38	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	7	21	$17,425.00	Total	Total	41	1	1	0	0	1	3	5	7	23	$20,875.00

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	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	4	30.8%	9	69.2%	0-13	0.0%	4-9	30.8%	1-6	14.3%	0	0	5-15	25.0%
2010-2011	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	4	30.8%	9	69.2%	0-13	0.0%	4-9	30.8%	1-6	14.3%	0	0	5-15	25.0%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	30.0%	7	70.0%	0-10	0.0%	6-14	30.0%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	4-12	25.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	4	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Total	0	0	4	7	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15

Head to Head Results
Marciniak/Urban trail the series against the field 3-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Marciniak/Urban	30, Q19	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 14 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	14	Marciniak/Urban	30, Q19	21-23, 21-15, 15-6	0:39
Lead the series against # 16, Q3 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 1-0
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Marciniak/Urban	30, Q19	Cunha/Lima	Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 18 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Marciniak/Urban	30, Q19	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-1
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	23, Q1	Marciniak/Urban	Q16	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 32, Q20 Maaseide/Torlen, Norway 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Maaseide/Torlen	31, Q22	Marciniak/Urban	Q11	16-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:44
Trail the series against Akers/Branagh, United States 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Akers/Branagh	7	Marciniak/Urban	10	26-24, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # Q4 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	23, Q4	Marciniak/Urban	10	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # Q10 Dampney/Mullin, England 0-1
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dampney/Mullin	Q15	Marciniak/Urban	Q18	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q14 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Marciniak/Urban	30, Q19	Bansley/Maloney	Q14	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q17 Novakova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Marciniak/Urban	Q16	Novakova/Tobiasova	Q17	21-11, 16-21, 15-13	0:44