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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 24, 2004

(10) Susanne Lahme/Danja Musch, Germany

Susanne Lahme
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1968 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Luckenwalde

Resides:

Nuthetal

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$125,710.00

Danja Müsch
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1971 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kassel

Resides:

Köln

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Vasto 1996)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$253,415.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	31	0	2	0	1	4	2	11	3	3	0	2	1	1	1	US$201,120.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	6	13	162	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	3	9	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	2	2	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	8	4	420	US$18,500.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	6	5	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	7	5	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	7	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	8	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	10	17	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	9	9	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	7	5	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	5	2	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	12	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	26, Q9	9	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	29, Q14	9	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	29, Q17	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q21	33	36	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q20	57	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	Q17	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	26	17	60	US$2,520.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool C

Vasiliki Arvaniti / Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece (15)

Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-10

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Susanne Lahme	Total	24	13	0	0.542	5	7	1	3
	1	24	13	0	0.542	5	7	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Danja Musch	Total	30	15	0	0.500	0	13	1	4
	1	30	15	0	0.500	0	13	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool C

Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (22)

Lost 21-13, 17-21, 12-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Susanne Lahme	Total	53	29	0	0.547	1	13	0	2
	1	53	29	0	0.547	1	13	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Danja Musch	Total	9	9	0	1.000	0	11	0	2
	1	9	9	0	1.000	0	11	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool C

Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (3)

Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-11

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Susanne Lahme	Total	31	21	0	0.677	1	3	0	4
	1	31	21	0	0.677	1	3	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Danja Musch	Total	19	9	0	0.474	0	12	1	6
	1	19	9	0	0.474	0	12	1	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/20/2004

Winner 1

Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (14)

Lost 21-16, 17-21, 19-21

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Susanne Lahme	Total	45	23	0	0.511	3	6	0	3
	1	45	23	0	0.511	3	6	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Danja Musch	Total	25	11	0	0.440	0	18	2	1
	1	25	11	0	0.440	0	18	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Susanne Lahme	153	86	0	0.562	10	29	1	12
Danja Musch	83	44	0	0.530	0	54	4	13

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Atlanta	Did not play	Beate Buhler - 7th
1997	Los Angeles	Did not play	Maike Friedrichsen - 9th
1999	Marseille	Did not play	Maike Friedrichsen - 7th
2000	Sydney	Did not play	Maike Friedrichsen - 9th
2001	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Maike Friedrichsen - 33rd
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Danja Musch - 17th	Susanne Lahme - 17th
2005	Berlin	Danja Musch - 13th	Susanne Lahme - 13th
2007	Gstaad	Geeske Banck - 17th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 32-32

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Lahme/Musch	48	21-18, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Lahme/Musch	8	21-14, 21-16	0:44
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Bede/Behar	1	Lahme/Musch	7	21-10, 21-14	0:31
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Lahme/Musch	12	21-10, 29-27	0:38
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	21-9, 21-15	0:33
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 3 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 1-1
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Lahme/Musch	10	Connelly/Pires	3	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:53
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	3	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	21-11, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-2
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	McPeak/Youngs	3	Lahme/Musch	8	21-13, 21-16	0:38
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	McPeak/Youngs	3	Lahme/Musch	7	21-14, 21-8	0:27
Series tied with # 5 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	5	Lahme/Musch	9	21-12, 19-21, 19-17	1:00
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Semi-Finals	Lahme/Musch	5	Cook/Sanderson	1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 3-4
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Lahme/Musch	6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:51
6/5/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Lahme/Musch	6	22-20, 21-17	0:40
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Lahme/Musch	7	Karadassiou/Sfyri	9	21-19, 21-19	0:44
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Lahme/Musch	7	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	5	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	21-16, 21-16	0:30
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool E	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Lahme/Musch	12	21-14, 21-17	0:36
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Lahme/Musch	26	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	2	Tian/Wang	15	21-15, 21-18	0:36
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	4	Lahme/Musch	7	21-10, 22-20	0:34
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	14	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	21-19, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Lahme/Musch	2	Pohl/Rau	7	21-19, 21-12	0:27
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	8	Pohl/Rau	9	19-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:54
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	9	Lahme/Musch	8	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	14	Lahme/Musch	10	21-14, 21-19	0:45
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	Pohl/Rau	13	21-23, 22-20, 15-12	0:55
Series tied with # 9 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 2-2
6/5/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	3	Lahme/Musch	6	21-19, 21-16	0:38
5/22/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Lahme/Musch	7	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	5	21-13, 21-11	0:34
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	6	Lahme/Musch	8	21-19, 21-16	0:42
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20	21-19, 21-23, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 3-1
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	Lahme/Musch	8	21-12, 21-14	0:35
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Lahme/Musch	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	25-23, 21-17	0:39
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-16, 26-24	0:45
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 2-2
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Lahme/Musch	3	21-14, 22-20	0:37
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	11	Lahme/Musch	2	21-16, 21-14	0:38
6/5/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Lahme/Musch	6	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	21-16, 21-17	0:35
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool H	Lahme/Musch	9	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	8	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	7	Kadijk/Leenstra	10	21-18, 21-23, 15-6	0:46
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Gold Medal	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Lahme/Musch	5	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:43
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool E	Lahme/Musch	12	Kadijk/Leenstra	5	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	0:50
Series tied with # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-1
8/20/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	Lahme/Musch	10	16-21, 21-17, 21-19	1:10
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 6	Lahme/Musch	8	Gattelli/Perrotta	27, Q3	21-17, 17-21, 21-19	1:03
Lead the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 3-0
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Lahme/Musch	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	21-16, 16-21, 15-10	0:59
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Lahme/Musch	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	18-21, 21-10, 15-10	0:51
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Dumont/Martin, Canada 2-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	6	Dumont/Martin	11	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
5/22/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Lahme/Musch	7	Dumont/Martin	18	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 17 Wang/You, China 0-1
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Wang/You	24, Q5	Lahme/Musch	Q21	22-20, 33-31	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Lochowicz/Pottharst, Australia 1-0
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Lahme/Musch	2	Lochowicz/Pottharst	4	21-18, 15-21, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-3
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	26	21-14, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q1	Lahme/Musch	Q17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
7/25/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q1	Lahme/Musch	Q33	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q5	Lahme/Musch	6	17-21, 21-15, 20-18	0:51
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	21-16, 21-16	0:35
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool H	Lahme/Musch	9	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q6	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	0:55
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Lahme/Musch	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	22-20, 15-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Lahme/Musch	6	Glesnes/Maaseide	21	24-26, 21-15, 15-9	0:55
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Lahme/Musch	8	Glesnes/Maaseide	26, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 22 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Hakedal/Torlen	22	Lahme/Musch	10	13-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Series tied with # 24 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-1
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q3	Lahme/Musch	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:51
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Lahme/Musch	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	32-34, 28-26, 15-12	1:11