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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 25 - July 4, 2009

(7) Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany

Katrin Holtwick
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1984 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Resides:

Berlin

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$519,112.50

Ilka Semmler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1985 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Resides:

Berlin

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$520,862.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	116	2	5	9	7	14	2	27	6	22	11	3	3	5	US$1,026,725.00
FIVB C&S	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,500.00
Overall	120	4	5	9	7	16	2	27	6	22	11	3	3	5	US$1,038,225.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Ilka Semmler - Country Quota	Katrin Holtwick - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	3	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	10/5-11/2008	Dubai Open	4	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	5	5	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	7	2	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	13	3	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	14	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	21, Q14	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	25, Q14	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	25, Q10	13	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	Q14	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q19	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/25-28/2007	Geroskipou Challenger	1	1	80	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/19-22/2007	Eboli Challenger	1	5	48	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q16	33	40	US$0.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool G

Imara Esteves Ribalta / Dalixia Fernandez Grasset, Cuba (42)

Lost 18-21, 21-15, 12-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	Total	22	14	3	0.500	0	15	2	2
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	2	0	1
	2	9	8	1	0.778	0	5	2	0
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	8	0	1
Ilka Semmler	Total	36	21	5	0.444	2	1	1	3
	1	12	7	1	0.500	1	0	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	0	1	2
	3	13	6	3	0.231	1	1	0	1

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool G

Claudia Lubetz / Julia Sude, Germany (31)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	Total	16	9	0	0.563	0	8	0	3
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	4	0	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	4	0	2
Ilka Semmler	Total	26	20	2	0.692	3	0	4	1
	1	14	9	2	0.500	2	0	2	0
	2	12	11	0	0.917	1	0	2	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool G

Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (18)

Won 21-11, 21-18

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	Total	31	15	5	0.323	0	11	1	1
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	5	1	0
	2	23	12	3	0.391	0	6	0	1
Ilka Semmler	Total	14	8	0	0.571	1	2	4	2
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	1	2	1
	2	7	2	0	0.286	1	1	2	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Lenka Hajeckova / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (11)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	Total	17	6	2	0.235	0	10	0	1
	1	10	4	0	0.400	0	4	0	1
	2	7	2	2	0.000	0	6	0	0
Ilka Semmler	Total	29	13	5	0.276	3	1	1	1
	1	10	4	3	0.100	1	0	1	0
	2	19	9	2	0.368	2	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Katrin Holtwick	86	44	10	0.395	0	44	3	7
Ilka Semmler	105	62	12	0.476	9	4	10	7

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Rome	Ilka Semmler - 9th	Katrin Holtwick - 9th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Ilka Semmler - 17th	Katrin Holtwick - 17th
2015	The Hague	Ilka Semmler - 4th	Katrin Holtwick - 4th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	7	17	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	40	9	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	5	17	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	4	4	700	US$28,000.00

Head to Head Results
Holtwick/Semmler trail the series against the field 20-23

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-14, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-4
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	2	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Bede/Connelly	5	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q14	21-14, 21-16	0:31
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	8	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	2	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-14, 20-22, 15-8	0:49
9/7/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Gold Medal	Salgado/Salgado	4	Holtwick/Semmler	7	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	0:56
Trail the series against # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Holtwick/Semmler	28, Q13	21-17, 21-15	0:41
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	10	Holtwick/Semmler	23, Q17	23-21, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-5
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-18, 21-13	0:34
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:58
6/25/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler		26-24, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	19-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:54
10/24/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Holtwick/Semmler		23-21, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
9/25/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	Holtwick/Semmler		22-20, 21-19	0:43
9/12/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler	23, Q17	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-18, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Hajeckova/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Hajeckova/Novakova	11	Holtwick/Semmler	7	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Holtwick/Semmler	4	21-15, 15-21, 21-19	1:13
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	21-18, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	8	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q14	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	21-14, 21-19	0:39
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	31, Q14	Holtwick/Semmler	Q19	27-25, 19-21, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # 18 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 3-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Gioria/Momoli	18	21-11, 21-18	0:36
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	14	Gioria/Momoli	19	21-17, 19-21, 17-15	0:53
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Holtwick/Semmler	Q16	Gioria/Momoli	Q17	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 2-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	9	21-14, 21-17	0:35
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24	21-16, 21-23, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 21 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Banck/Gunther	6	21-17, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/27/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	8, Q1	Petrova/Skalnikova	1	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 24 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 31 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 2-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Lubetz/Sude	31	21-15, 21-17	0:36
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 3	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Lubetz/Sude	13	21-14, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 33 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 4	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Martins/Santanna	7	21-15, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Martins/Santanna	16	21-18, 21-18	0:38
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Martins/Santanna	21, Q3	Holtwick/Semmler	Q14	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 37 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
8/18/06	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Winner 3	Baburina/Osheyko	1	Holtwick/Semmler	5	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 39 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q1	22-20, 21-13	0:37
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 40 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	14	Andreasen/Vestergaard	30, Q9	21-10, 21-14	0:28
Trail the series against # 42 Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset, Cuba 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	Holtwick/Semmler	7	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 43 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Forrer/Schmocker	22	28-26, 21-18	0:47
7/28/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Semi-Finals	Forrer/Schmocker	3	Holtwick/Semmler	1	20-22, 17-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 47 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:55