Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 21, 2008

(10) Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, Australia

Natalie Cook
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Resides:

Brisbane

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

165

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$652,908.75

Tamsin Barnett Hinchley
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Resides:

Ashburton

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Seoul 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$171,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	40	1	0	0	2	9	2	12	0	5	1	2	3	3	US$278,600.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	41	1	0	0	2	10	2	12	0	5	1	2	3	3	US$279,100.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	4	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	12	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	12	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	8	4	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	8	7	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	6	5	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	6	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	5	9	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	3	5	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	7	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	7	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	7	5	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	14	1	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	17	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	23	7	300	US$8,000.00

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/9/2008

Pool C

Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (15)

Won 21-8, 19-21, 15-12

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	27	10	4	0.222	1	16	2	1
	1	27	10	4	0.222	1	16	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	38	21	5	0.421	8	5	3	0
	1	38	21	5	0.421	8	5	3	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/11/2008

Pool C

Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (22)

Won 21-18, 21-12

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	27	13	2	0.407	0	11	1	1
	1	27	13	2	0.407	0	11	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	31	15	2	0.419	1	4	3	2
	1	31	15	2	0.419	1	4	3	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/13/2008

Pool C

Ana Paula Connelly / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)

Won 23-21, 23-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	39	18	6	0.308	0	5	1	0
	1	39	18	6	0.308	0	5	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	12	8	1	0.583	2	1	1	5
	1	12	8	1	0.583	2	1	1	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/15/2008

Winner 1

Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (16)

Won 22-20, 19-21, 15-12

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	49	21	6	0.306	1	10	1	2
	1	49	21	6	0.306	1	10	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	24	14	2	0.500	7	0	0	7
	1	24	14	2	0.500	7	0	0	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/17/2008

Winner 2

Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (6)

Lost 22-24, 14-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	39	17	6	0.282	0	10	0	0
	1	39	17	6	0.282	0	10	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	19	5	6	-0.053	4	2	1	0
	1	19	5	6	-0.053	4	2	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	181	79	24	0.304	2	52	5	4
Tamsin Hinchley	124	63	16	0.379	22	12	8	14

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Atlanta	Kerri Pottharst - 3rd	Did not play
1997	Los Angeles	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
1999	Marseille	Angela Clarke - 9th	Did not play
2000	Sydney	Kerri Pottharst - 1st	Did not play
2001	Klagenfurt	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Nicole Sanderson - 3rd	Did not play
2004	Athens	Nicole Sanderson - 4th	Did not play
2005	Berlin	Summer Lochowicz - 25th	Did not play
2007	Gstaad	Tamsin Hinchley - 9th	Natalie Cook - 9th
2011	Rome	Tara West - 37th	Alice Rohkamper - 37th
2012	London	Tamsin Hinchley - 19th	Natalie Cook - 19th

Head to Head Results
Cook/Hinchley lead the series against the field 31-18

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Tian/Wang, China 2-2
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	1	Cook/Hinchley	6	24-22, 21-17	0:48
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	6	Tian/Wang	2	21-18, 21-16	0:46
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-18, 21-13	0:43
6/3/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Cook/Hinchley	14	Tian/Wang	1	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-15, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 3 Connelly/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
8/13/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	10	Connelly/Maestrini	3	23-21, 23-21	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-7
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	4	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-18, 21-13	0:39
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Cook/Hinchley	12	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:57
5/25/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	3	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-17, 21-17	0:43
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-19, 23-21	0:49
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	6	Cook/Hinchley	3	14-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:57
6/9/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	4	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-17, 21-17	0:36
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	2	Cook/Hinchley	23	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 6 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-4
8/17/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Cook/Hinchley	10	24-22, 21-14	0:46
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Cook/Hinchley	11	21-17, 21-16	0:35
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Cook/Hinchley	12	21-13, 21-19	0:41
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	7	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	14	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Cook/Hinchley	17	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	16-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:02
Series tied with # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	8	Cook/Hinchley	6	22-20, 21-16	0:44
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	7	Pohl/Rau	13	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Hakedal/Torlen	12	30-28, 23-21	1:00
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	6	Hakedal/Torlen	11	21-12, 18-21, 15-9	1:00
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 4	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Cook/Hinchley	17	21-18, 23-25, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 12 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 4-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	12	Glesnes/Maaseide	25, Q2	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:50
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	21-13, 18-21, 22-20	1:02
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-16, 22-20	0:45
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 3	Cook/Hinchley	17	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-15, 21-15	0:38
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	23	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	25	22-24, 21-16, 15-7	0:58
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Cook/Hinchley	23	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	9	23-21, 16-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
8/9/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	10	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	21-8, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
8/15/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	10	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-0
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	21	21-10, 22-20	0:36
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Cook/Hinchley	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	21-17, 21-15	0:40
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	12	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	21-17, 21-14	0:37
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Cook/Hinchley	17	24-26, 21-19, 15-12	1:14
Lead the series against # 19 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 3-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	12	Candelas/Garcia	21	21-15, 21-14	0:30
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	8	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:52
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Cook/Hinchley	6	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	21-16, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 5	Cook/Hinchley	3	Kadijk/Mooren	12	21-17, 15-21, 17-15	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	10	Martins/Santanna	22	21-18, 21-12	0:40
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	8	Martins/Santanna	25, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 4-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	8	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	9	21-12, 21-15	0:36
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Cook/Hinchley	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Cook/Hinchley	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-14, 21-15	0:38
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Cook/Hinchley	23	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	26-24, 21-16	0:46