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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(12) Dax Holdren/Stein Metzger, United States

Dax Holdren
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Goleta, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rosarito 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$123,350.00

Stein Metzger
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$313,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	US$103,500.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	26	13	162	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	17	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	22, Q1	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	15	25	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	13	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	6	4	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	7	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	5	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	6	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	13	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	15	2	720	US$40,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	17, Q1	5	360	US$13,000.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool A

Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (13)

Won 22-24, 24-22, 15-13

1:20

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	51	27	0	0.529	3	15	0	1
	1	51	27	0	0.529	3	15	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	29	14	0	0.483	2	14	2	6
	1	29	14	0	0.483	2	14	2	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool A

Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (24)

Lost 21-14, 15-21, 14-16

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	28	17	0	0.607	1	8	0	1
	1	28	17	0	0.607	1	8	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	24	16	0	0.667	3	6	1	1
	1	24	16	0	0.667	3	6	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool A

Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)

Lost 17-21, 10-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	32	10	0	0.313	1	5	0	2
	1	32	10	0	0.313	1	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	19	6	0	0.316	1	8	1	1
	1	19	6	0	0.316	1	8	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/20/2004

Winner 1

Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)

Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-13

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	21	11	0	0.524	5	11	0	2
	1	21	11	0	0.524	5	11	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	42	26	0	0.619	1	5	1	1
	1	42	26	0	0.619	1	5	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/22/2004

Winner 2

Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	18	9	0	0.500	1	9	1	1
	1	18	9	0	0.500	1	9	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	33	17	0	0.515	1	6	0	0
	1	33	17	0	0.515	1	6	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	150	74	0	0.493	11	48	1	7
Stein Metzger	147	79	0	0.537	8	39	5	9

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Los Angeles	Todd Rogers - 9th	Did not play
2001	Klagenfurt	Todd Rogers - 5th	Kevin Wong - 9th
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Stein Metzger - 2nd	Dax Holdren - 2nd
2005	Berlin	Did not play	Jake Gibb - 13th
2007	Gstaad	Did not play	Mike Lambert - 17th

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Metzger lead the series against the field 17-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-3
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Holdren/Metzger	12	21-17, 21-10	0:40
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Holdren/Metzger	17	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:59
10/19/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Holdren/Metzger	15	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Rego/Santos	1	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-0
10/18/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Metzger	15	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Series tied with # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
8/20/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	12	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	1:05
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Holdren/Metzger	13	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:17
Series tied with # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
8/22/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Holdren/Metzger	12	21-16, 21-19	0:43
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 3	Holdren/Metzger	15	Heuscher/Kobel	6	23-21, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Baracetti/Conde	10	Holdren/Metzger	15	21-10, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	17	Holdren/Metzger	26	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Berger/Gosch, Austria 1-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Holdren/Metzger	26	Berger/Gosch	10	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 5	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:53
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Holdren/Metzger	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-1
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	12	Schacht/Slack	13	22-24, 24-22, 15-13	1:20
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	Schacht/Slack	6	21-14, 21-19	0:47
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Metzger	6	Schacht/Slack	11	By Forfeit
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Holdren/Metzger	6	21-18, 21-16	0:54
Trail the series against # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Holdren/Metzger	5	26-24, 14-21, 15-13	0:56
Series tied with # 15 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	Bosma/Herrera	11	22-20, 21-19	0:51
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Bosma/Herrera	12	Holdren/Metzger	5	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-0
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	15	Berg/Dahl	21	21-19, 21-12	0:45
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Berg/Dahl	16	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 5	Holdren/Metzger	6	Prosser/Williams	4	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Prosser/Williams	23	Holdren/Metzger	7	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Holdren/Metzger	15	Child/Heese	34	21-6, 18-21, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	21-17, 21-16	0:39
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Metzger	6	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 23 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Metzger	13	Canet/Hamel	19	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 24 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Horrem/Maaseide	24	Holdren/Metzger	12	14-21, 21-15, 16-14	1:01
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Horrem/Maaseide	22	Holdren/Metzger	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:06