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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 17, 2016

(24) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-30/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	26, Q2	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	8	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2016	Antalya Open	13	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	8	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	17	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	13	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	18	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	24	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	20	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/20-24/2015	Antalya Open	5	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/23-27/2015	Xiamen Open	4	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	1	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	16	17th	240	US$7,000.00

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/7/2016

Pool A

Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	15	7	0	0.467	0	3	1	3
	1	15	7	0	0.467	0	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	21	14	0	0.667	1	2	0	2
	1	21	14	0	0.667	1	2	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/9/2016

Pool A

Monika Brzostek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (12)

Lost 19-21, 18-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	20	12	0	0.600	4	3	0	1
	1	20	12	0	0.600	4	3	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	20	8	0	0.400	0	3	2	5
	1	20	8	0	0.400	0	3	2	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/11/2016

Pool A

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat, United States (13)

Won 21-18, 24-26, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	34	19	0	0.559	1	8	0	3
	1	34	19	0	0.559	1	8	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	47	25	0	0.532	1	21	2	6
	1	47	25	0	0.532	1	21	2	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2016

Lucky Loser

Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (23)

Won 21-19, 12-21, 15-10

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	23	9	0	0.391	3	3	3	2
	1	23	9	0	0.391	3	3	3	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	26	14	0	0.538	0	8	0	5
	1	26	14	0	0.538	0	8	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2016

Winner 1

Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (11)

Won 23-21, 24-22

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	31	18	0	0.581	4	3	0	2
	1	31	18	0	0.581	4	3	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	18	12	0	0.667	1	4	1	2
	1	18	12	0	0.667	1	4	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/14/2016

Winner 2

Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (2)

Lost 21-23, 16-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	18	8	0	0.444	3	1	0	1
	1	18	8	0	0.444	3	1	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	29	13	0	0.448	0	4	4	1
	1	29	13	0	0.448	0	4	4	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	141	73	0	0.518	15	21	4	12
Evgenia Ukolova	161	86	0	0.534	3	42	9	21
Total	302	159	0	0.526	18	63	13	33
Opponents	303	179	0	0.591	20	80	17	31

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
2012	Olympic Games	London	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
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 24-31 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
8/7/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Birlova/Ukolova	24	21-14, 21-16	0:34
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Birlova/Ukolova	16	21-18, 21-13	0:34
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Birlova/Ukolova	8	21-13, 21-18	0:33
Series tied with # 2 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 2-2
8/14/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	Birlova/Ukolova	24	23-21, 21-16	0:46
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Seixas	1	Birlova/Ukolova	20	21-8, 20-22, 15-13	0:53
10/27/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Semi-Finals	Birlova/Ukolova	3	Bednarczuk/Seixas	5	21-13, 20-22, 15-13	0:59
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Birlova/Ukolova	17	Bednarczuk/Seixas	32, Q29	22-24, 21-16, 15-11	1:04
Trail the series against # 3 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-3
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Birlova/Ukolova	17	21-13, 19-21, 22-20	0:54
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Birlova/Ukolova	18	21-14, 21-14	0:33
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Birlova/Ukolova	24	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 2-2
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	34	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	21-16, 21-16	0:36
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	21	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	21-16, 21-17	0:35
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-19, 21-16	0:38
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Birlova/Ukolova	5	21-9, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 0-2
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Bansley/Pavan	11	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	13-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:43
7/1/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	42	Birlova/Ukolova	7	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 1-0
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Bawden/Clancy	9	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 8 Borger/Buthe, Germany 2-5
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q2	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:44
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool J	Borger/Buthe	10	Birlova/Ukolova	34	21-14, 21-19	0:42
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	13	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	21-19, 21-10	0:33
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	4	Birlova/Ukolova	9	21-19, 21-15	0:37
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Borger/Buthe	13	By Forfeit
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Borger/Buthe	20	21-11, 21-19	0:33
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	23	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 10 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-3
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Forrer/Verge-Depre	4	Birlova/Ukolova	13	21-15, 21-17	0:33
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	4	Birlova/Ukolova	17	21-17, 21-17	0:35
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	27, Q11	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	0:51
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Forrer/Verge-Depre	17	Birlova/Ukolova	1	23-21, 21-12	0:41
Series tied with # 11 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-2
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	23-21, 24-22	0:47
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Birlova/Ukolova	8	21-14, 21-12	0:31
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	14	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	24-22, 16-21, 15-7	0:51
9/1/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	8	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 12 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 3-3
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool A	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	Birlova/Ukolova	24	21-19, 21-18	0:39
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Brzostek/Wojtasik	3	Birlova/Ukolova	19	15-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:40
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	13	Brzostek/Wojtasik	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	25, Q3	16-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:55
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	21-16, 22-20	0:41
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Brzostek/Wojtasik	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 3-2
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool A	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Fendrick/Sweat	13	21-18, 24-26, 15-13	0:59
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Fendrick/Sweat	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q2	24-22, 14-21, 20-18	0:51
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Fendrick/Sweat	9	21-19, 21-17	0:38
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool J	Birlova/Ukolova	34	Fendrick/Sweat	15	21-16, 21-19	0:40
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 2	Fendrick/Sweat	20	Birlova/Ukolova	21	21-11, 19-21, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 14 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-2
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Gallay/Klug	6	Birlova/Ukolova	13	21-16, 22-20	0:38
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Gallay/Klug	9	Birlova/Ukolova	4	22-20, 29-27	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 Wang/Yue, China 1-0
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	Wang/Yue	Q11	21-14, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Broder/May, Canada 1-0
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	20	Broder/May	13	21-17, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-2
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 2	Mader/Zumkehr	5	Birlova/Ukolova	19	21-16, 21-10	0:31
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Mader/Zumkehr	13	Birlova/Ukolova	18	21-18, 25-23	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Agudo/Pazo, Venezuela 1-0
6/9/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	Agudo/Pazo	Q18	21-10, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 22 Artacho/Laird, Australia 3-0
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Birlova/Ukolova	19	Artacho/Laird	14	23-21, 21-19	0:37
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q2	Artacho/Laird	23	21-13, 21-17	0:31
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Artacho/Laird	24, Q4	21-14, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 23 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Hermannova/Slukova	23	21-19, 12-21, 15-10	0:43
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Hermannova/Slukova	13	By Forfeit