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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 8, 2012

(18) Ekaterina Birlova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia

Ekaterina Khomyakova Birlova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bryansk

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$252,284.25

Evgenia Ukolova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

133

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$308,596.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	70	2	1	2	2	6	0	20	1	20	9	4	3	US$387,665.50

Previous London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	28, Q3	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	28, Q2	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	10	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	26, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	21	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	27, Q4	9th	240	US$6,000.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/29/2012

Pool F

Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (7)

Lost 21-17, 18-21, 8-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	34	16	0	0.471	2	12	1	4
	1	34	16	0	0.471	2	12	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	36	16	0	0.444	0	15	0	7
	1	36	16	0	0.444	0	15	0	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 7/31/2012

Pool F

Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (19)

Won 21-18, 28-30, 15-13

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	46	20	0	0.435	1	10	1	1
	1	46	20	0	0.435	1	10	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	40	28	0	0.700	1	26	1	3
	1	40	28	0	0.700	1	26	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Pool F

Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin, England (6)

Won 25-23, 21-13

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	25	11	0	0.440	4	9	0	1
	1	25	11	0	0.440	4	9	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	21	10	0	0.476	0	9	4	6
	1	21	10	0	0.476	0	9	4	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2012

Winner 1

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (2)

Lost 12-21, 11-21

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	1	2
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	31	11	0	0.355	0	5	0	3
	1	31	11	0	0.355	0	5	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	111	51	0	0.459	7	32	3	8
Evgenia Ukolova	128	65	0	0.508	1	55	5	19
Total	239	116	0	0.485	8	87	8	27
Opponents	213	104	0	0.488	14	70	17	20

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Evgenia Ukolova - 5th	Ekaterina Birlova - 5th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Nadezda Makroguzova - 33rd	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Evgenia Ukolova - 25th	Ekaterina Birlova - 25th

Head to Head Results
Birlova/Ukolova trail the series against the field 15-20 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
8/4/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	2	Birlova/Ukolova	18	21-12, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 3 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Birlova/Ukolova	10	21-17, 21-7	0:29
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 2-1
7/22/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Antonelli/Antunes	5	21-19, 24-22	0:45
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Antonelli/Antunes	5	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	1:01
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q2	21-11, 25-23	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	18	Dampney/Mullin	6	25-23, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-4
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Birlova/Ukolova	18	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q2	21-18, 22-20	0:38
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Cicolari/Menegatti	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	22-20, 22-20	0:40
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:52
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-5
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	21-14, 21-13	0:32
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	21-13, 21-18	0:34
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	21-15, 17-21, 16-14	0:48
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	10	22-20, 21-16	0:37
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	34	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Keizer/Van Iersel	3	18-21, 21-7, 15-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 3-2
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Kolocova/Slukova	6	12-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:43
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Birlova/Ukolova	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Kolocova/Slukova	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	Kolocova/Slukova	10	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kolocova/Slukova	19	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Birlova/Ukolova	21	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	Birlova/Ukolova	17	13-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:56
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	Birlova/Ukolova	22	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	23	Birlova/Ukolova	10	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 17 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 0-1
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Bawden/Palmer	23	Birlova/Ukolova	10	21-14, 16-21, 15-7	0:49
Lead the series against # 19 Lessard/Martin, Canada 2-0
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	18	Lessard/Martin	19	21-18, 28-30, 15-13	1:09
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Lessard/Martin	Q12	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 20 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 3-0
7/22/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	21-13, 25-27, 15-10	0:54
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	17	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	21-18, 21-8	0:31
Lead the series against # 22 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 1-0
7/26/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Cook/Hinchley	Q12	14-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert, Mauritius 1-0
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Birlova/Ukolova	Q4	Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert	Q29	21-11, 21-14	0:27