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€ 50,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters
August 22 - 26, 2012

(1) Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Jon Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Groningen

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Aalsmeer 2011)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Niechorze 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$116,244.35

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baku 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$478,802.63

Awards

Top Rookie 2012
Best Hitter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	8	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	US$29,787.28
CEV C&S	6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$8,427.24
FIVB	29	0	0	1	1	4	1	6	0	4	4	3	5	US$184,800.00
Overall	43	0	2	3	3	6	2	10	1	4	4	3	5	US$223,014.51

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2011	Christiaan Varenhorst - 4th	Jon Stiekema - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/8-12/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	2	2nd	90	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	22	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	18	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	28, Q8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	6	5th	480	€ 4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	30, Q9	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	31, Q23	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	31, Q15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q18	33rd	30	US$0.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 1	Miroslav Gradinarov / Konstantin Mitev, Bulgaria (16)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 2	Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (8)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:31
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 3	Valentin Dimov / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (5)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:37
Sun, 8/26/2012	Semi-Finals	Jan Hadrava / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (4)	Lost By Forfeit
Sun, 8/26/2012	Bronze Medal	Valentin Dimov / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (5)	Lost By Forfeit

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	19	0	0	0	1	4	0	6	0	4	2	0	$167,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	$17,100.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	33	0	0	1	1	6	1	8	0	4	4	0	$197,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jon Stiekema												Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$43,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
19	0	0	0	1	4	6	4	2	0	$83,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	2	1	1	2	9	13	16	4	0	$270,650.00
18	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	$9,550.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	0	3	1	11	9	8	6	0	$79,237.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	1	0	5	5	1	0	0	$21,250.00
42	0	0	1	1	7	9	4	5	0	$99,900.00	Total	132	3	4	6	4	30	29	27	11	0	$451,487.50

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	1	1	50.0 %
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,750.00	10	6	62.5 %
2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,675.00	18	8	69.2 %
2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	1	$45,700.00	26	20	56.5 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	6	5	54.5 %
2012	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	7	$45,700.00	34	26	56.7 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,750.00	16	11	59.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	5	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,875.00	22	9	71.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jon Stiekema													Christiaan Varenhorst
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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$400.00	2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$325.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,375.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,375.00
5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,162.50	2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,337.50
9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$600.00	2012	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
43	1	2	2	2	5	7	4	4	16	$35,687.50	Total	Total	41	0	4	3	2	6	8	2	4	12	$34,637.50

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	15	75.0%	3	15.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	5	27.8%	1	5.6%	12	66.7%	5-13	27.8%	15-12	55.6%	8-3	72.7%	0	2	23-17	57.5%
2011-2012	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	3	27.3%	0	0.0%	8	72.7%	3-8	27.3%	11-8	57.9%	5-1	83.3%	0	2	16-11	59.3%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0-0		0	2	3-2	60.0%

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	9	2	31	20	0	0	11	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	51	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	13	6	2	4	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	15
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10
Total	2	0	22	8	39	30	0	0	21	20	0	2	1	1	0	0	86	63

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 10-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-3
8/12/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Gold Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	2	21-16, 21-16	0:37
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q9	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
6/18/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10, Q7	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	19-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:03
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-3
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	21-17, 21-12	0:38
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	26-24, 22-20	0:44
Series tied with # 4 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-1
8/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Semi-Finals	Hadrava/Kufa	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	By Forfeit
8/11/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	2	Hadrava/Kufa	3	22-20, 23-25, 16-14	0:58
Series tied with # 5 Dimov/Neshev, Bulgaria 1-1
8/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Bronze Medal	Dimov/Neshev	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	By Forfeit
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Dimov/Neshev	5	21-13, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 3-1
8/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Bronze Medal	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	21-17, 21-10	0:33
8/5/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	21-18, 21-15	0:38
6/2/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	7, Q1	Garcia/Marco	Q16	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 8 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	21-13, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 14, Q9 Beyeler/Bissig, Switzerland 1-0
7/28/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	Beyeler/Bissig	Q15	21-19, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 Gradinarov/Mitev, Bulgaria 1-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Gradinarov/Mitev	16	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # Q2 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-1
8/6/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Contender 4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Babich/Ioisher	2	21-16, 21-15	0:35
6/4/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 3	Babich/Ioisher	1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	7, Q1	31-33, 21-18, 15-8	0:56