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European Championship Tour
€ 90,000 European Championships
August 30 - September 1, 2002

(14) Fabio Diez/John Garcia-Thompson, Spain

Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker
Spain

/ Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1965 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Fe (ARG)

Resides:

Los Cristianos - Tenerife

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Mallorca 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$144,733.49

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Resides:

S.C. TENERIFE

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Under Age San Marino 2000)

Career CEV Best:

4th (Valencia 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$55,158.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,344.46
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	US$11,990.00
Overall	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	2	US$13,334.46

Previous Basel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	9	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	29, Q7	17	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	42	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	Q9	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	27, Q12	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	Q12	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q9	41	10	US$0.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 1	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (19)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:51
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (3)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Sat, 8/31/2002	Winner 3	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:45
Sat, 8/31/2002	Contender 3	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (17)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:38

Head to Head Results
Diez/Garcia-Thompson trail the series against the field 3-9

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Laciga/Laciga	8	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	21-17, 21-17	0:49
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	21-15, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	18	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	42	20-22, 21-19, 18-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	Horrem/Maaseide	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Series tied with # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	21-18, 21-13	0:45
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	21-23, 21-19, 16-14	1:10
Trail the series against # 15 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Ronnes	27, Q24	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 16 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q13	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:59
Trail the series against # 17 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	17	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	19	21-18, 21-17	0:51
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	24	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	21-19, 21-16	0:48