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

(21) Ramon Hernandez/Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico

Ramon A. "Moncho" Hernandez Cruz
Puerto Rico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 16, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan

Resides:

Caguas, PR

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$46,500.00

Raul Papaleo Pérez
Puerto Rico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 11, 1971 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan, PR

Resides:

Carolina, PR

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$47,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	1	10	7	3	2	US$90,500.00

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	Q3	33	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	19	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	21, Q4	17	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	16	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	16	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q3	41	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	18	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	9	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	17	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	24	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	24	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	23, Q2	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	26	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	36	9	320	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	28, Q14	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	26, Q9	25	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q11	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q17	41	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	32, Q26	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	32, Q48	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q56	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q57	57	4	US$0.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/14/2004

Pool D

Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)

Lost 14-21, 13-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ramon Hernandez	Total	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	0	1
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Raul Papaleo	Total	24	10	0	0.417	0	2	1	3
	1	24	10	0	0.417	0	2	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/16/2004

Pool D

Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (9)

Lost 21-18, 19-21, 10-15

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ramon Hernandez	Total	18	7	0	0.389	2	6	0	0
	1	18	7	0	0.389	2	6	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Raul Papaleo	Total	34	19	0	0.559	1	7	1	1
	1	34	19	0	0.559	1	7	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/18/2004

Pool D

Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (16)

Lost 21-19, 16-21, 16-18

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ramon Hernandez	Total	14	6	0	0.429	0	12	2	1
	1	14	6	0	0.429	0	12	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Raul Papaleo	Total	60	30	0	0.500	3	5	4	2
	1	60	30	0	0.500	3	5	4	2
	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
Ramon Hernandez	42	19	0	0.452	2	21	2	2
Raul Papaleo	118	59	0	0.500	4	14	6	6

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Raul Papaleo - 9th	Ramon Hernandez - 9th
2005	Berlin	Raul Papaleo - 33rd	Ramon Hernandez - 33rd

Head to Head Results
Hernandez/Papaleo trail the series against the field 7-23

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-3
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	3	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	21-17, 21-16	0:50
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	21-14, 16-21, 15-10	1:03
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-19	0:39
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	3	Hernandez/Papaleo	36	21-19, 25-23	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	21-14, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-3
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	21-14, 21-9	0:36
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	17	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-2
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	Baracetti/Conde	10	11-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:58
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Baracetti/Conde	7	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	21-12, 21-14	0:38
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	2	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	21-14, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-2
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Nygaard	15	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	21-18, 21-15	0:37
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-19, 22-20	0:49
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	21-16, 25-23	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:09
Trail the series against # 12 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-2
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
Trail the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Hernandez/Papaleo	21, Q4	21-17, 21-17	0:49
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	15-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	Alvarez/Rossell	15	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	19-21, 21-16, 18-16	1:07
Trail the series against # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-2
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Williams	15	Hernandez/Papaleo	17	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:57
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	23	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	22-20, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Brenha/Maia	13	Hernandez/Papaleo	36	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 19 Pocock/Rorich, South Africa 2-0
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	21, Q4	Pocock/Rorich	Q13	21-14, 21-17	0:40
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	Pocock/Rorich	10	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Child/Heese	18	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Series tied with # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	Gartmayer/Nowotny	17	21-13, 21-19	0:36
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q11	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	30-28, 13-21, 15-11	1:10