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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012
July 11 - 15, 2012

(Q10) Rimke Braakman/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands

Rimke Braakman
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 22, 1991 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Den Haag

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U18/19 World Championships The Hague 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Phuket 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$53,743.19

Michelle Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 21, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

The Hague

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Myslowice 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$48,940.53

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	US$10,180.15
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	US$9,750.00
Overall	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	4	US$19,930.15

Previous Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q16	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	18	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
CEV	5/23-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	5	13th	180	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	Q20	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	8/9-13/2011	CEV European Championship Final	19	9th	320	€ 2,500.00
CEV	7/19-23/2011	CEV Polish Masters	9	7th	300	€ 2,000.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2012	Qualifier 1	Elodie Li Yuk Lo / Natacha Rigobert, Mauritius (Q23)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:31
Wed, 7/11/2012	Qualifier 2	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (30, Q7)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:31

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$6,250.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	7	$13,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rimke Braakman												Michelle Stiekema
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$8,300.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	15	$30,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	6	$13,075.00
20	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	2	8	$13,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	7	$17,475.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$3,250.00
57	0	1	1	0	2	10	11	8	24	$48,600.00	Total	39	1	2	0	0	3	6	5	7	15	$42,425.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$6,000.00	8	9	47.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rimke Braakman													Michelle Stiekema
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$8,950.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
											2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$7,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	$4,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00
15	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	7	$3,000.00	Total	Total	30	1	2	0	0	5	4	4	3	11	$26,075.00

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	5	55.6%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	10	71.4%	1-13	7.1%	5-10	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-14	39.1%
2011-2012	5	55.6%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	8	66.7%	1-11	8.3%	5-8	38.5%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-12	42.9%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6	66.7%	0-9	0.0%	4-12	25.0%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	5-10	33.3%

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	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	1	0	6	7	3	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	19

Head to Head Results
Braakman/Stiekema trail the series against the field 6-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
8/12/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	2	Braakman/Stiekema	19	21-15, 21-23, 16-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Kolocova/Slukova, Czechia 0-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Kolocova/Slukova	2	Braakman/Stiekema	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool C	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Braakman/Stiekema	19	21-17, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 12, Q4 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-2
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Winner 1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	12, Q2	Braakman/Stiekema	5	21-15, 21-18	0:37
7/21/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	8	Braakman/Stiekema	9	21-16, 22-20	0:31
Trail the series against # 13 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-1
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Contender 1	Borger/Buthe	4	Braakman/Stiekema	5	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Braakman/Stiekema	18	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 2-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Braakman/Stiekema	18	Barsuk/Vozakova	31	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
8/9/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool C	Braakman/Stiekema	19	Barsuk/Vozakova	14	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 24, Q9 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-2
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Brzostek/Wojtasik	15	Braakman/Stiekema	18	29-27, 25-23	0:49
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 4	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	Braakman/Stiekema	9	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 26 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-1
6/7/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	26, Q2	Braakman/Stiekema	Q15	21-9, 21-16	0:29
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Braakman/Stiekema	Q20	21-19, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 30, Q7 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	30, Q7	Braakman/Stiekema	Q10	21-13, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 31, Q11 Sinnema/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
6/12/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 1	Sinnema/Wesselink	Q17	Braakman/Stiekema	Q16	16-21, 24-22, 15-7	0:50
Lead the series against # 32, Q21 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-0
6/7/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Braakman/Stiekema	Q15	Bieneck/Grossner	Q18	21-16, 21-23, 16-14	0:49
Series tied with # Q6 Goricanec/Graessli, Switzerland 1-1
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 3	Braakman/Stiekema	9	Goricanec/Graessli	3	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:44
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	32, Q19	Braakman/Stiekema	Q14	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q16 Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina, Estonia 1-0
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Braakman/Stiekema	19	Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina	25	21-18, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # Q23 Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert, Mauritius 1-0
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Braakman/Stiekema	Q10	Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert	Q23	21-16, 21-15	0:31