Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour XXVI Olympic Games July 23 - 28, 1996

(16) Marek Pakosta/Michal Palinek, Czech Republic

Marek Pakosta Czech Republic Photo not available Personal Info Birth Date: Apr 21, 1969 (54 yrs old) Home Town: Litomysl Resides: Ceska Trebova Height: 202 cm (6'8") Weight: 93 kg (205 lb) Seasons: 7 Tournaments: 63 Career Best: 5th (2 times) Career Winnings: US$74,162.50	Michal Palinek Czech Republic Photo not available Personal Info Birth Date: Aug 10, 1967 (56 yrs old) Home Town: Prerov Resides: Zvole Height: 190 cm (6'3") Weight: 80 kg (176 lb) Seasons: 11 Tournaments: 85 Career Best: 4th (2 times) Career Winnings: US$104,762.50
Team Career Summary  Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 28 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 6 12 1 US$78,625.00 Previous Atlanta Results  Neither player has played in this venue before Recent Results  Tour Date Tournament Seed Finish Points Money FIVB 7/5-7/1996 German Open 10 17 60 US$1,500.00 FIVB 6/27-30/1996 French Open 11 7 150 US$6,000.00 FIVB 6/21-23/1996 United States Open 13 17 60 US$1,500.00 FIVB 5/31-6/2/1996 Turkey Open 12 13 90 US$2,000.00 FIVB 5/9-12/1996 Brazil Open 11 17 60 US$1,500.00 FIVB 4/5-7/1996 Spain Open 15 5 180 US$9,000.00 FIVB 12/21-23/1995 South Africa Open 13 14 US$1,500.00 FIVB 11/10-12/1995 Puerto Rico Open 13 14 US$1,500.00 FIVB 9/22-24/1995 Indonesia Open 9 16 US$2,000.00 FIVB 9/15-17/1995 Brazil Open 25 10 US$500.00 FIVB 8/31-9/3/1995 Spain Open 13 14 US$1,500.00 FIVB 8/24-26/1995 French Open 17 12 US$2,000.00 FIVB 8/17-19/1995 Belgium Open 17 12 US$1,000.00 FIVB 8/11-13/1995 Portugal Open 17 12 US$1,000.00 FIVB 8/4-6/1995 Italian Open 13 14 US$1,500.00 FIVB 7/29-31/1995 Japan Open 9 16 US$2,000.00 FIVB 7/22-26/1995 Korea Open 17 12 US$1,000.00 FIVB 7/14-16/1995 United States Open 17 12 US$1,000.00 FIVB 6/30-7/2/1995 German Open 17 12 US$1,000.00 FIVB 6/22-25/1995 French Open 7 20 US$4,000.00 FIVB 5/5-7/1995 United States Open 17 12 US$1,000.00 FIVB 4/14-16/1995 Spain Open 17 12 US$1,000.00 FIVB 9/1-4/1994 Brazil Open 9 6 US$3,125.00 FIVB 7/26-31/1994 French Open 5 20 US$7,000.00 Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Tue, 7/23/1996 Winner 1 Miguel Prieto / Jose Yuste, Spain (17) Won 15-11 0:27 Wed, 7/24/1996 Winner 2 Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (1) Lost 5-15 0:34 Wed, 7/24/1996 Contender 1 Michel Everaert / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (15) Won 15-6 0:35 Thu, 7/25/1996 Contender 2 John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (8) Lost 9-15 0:46 Olympic Games, World Championships Results  Year Location Partner - Result Partner - Result 1997 Los Angeles Milan Dzavoronok - 41st Premysl Kubala - 17th 1999 Marseille Premysl Kubala - 41st Martin Lebl - 41st 2000 Sydney Did not play Martin Lebl - 17th 2001 Klagenfurt Did not play Stanislav Pochop - 33rd
Head to Head Results Series tied against the field 2-2 Date Tour Tournament Round Winning Team Seed Losing Team Seed Score Time Trail the series against # 1 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1 7/24/96 FIVB Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Winner 2 Lopes/Neto 1 Pakosta/Palinek 16 15-5 0:34 Trail the series against # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1 7/25/96 FIVB Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Contender 2 Child/Heese 8 Pakosta/Palinek 16 15-9 0:46 Lead the series against # 15 Everaert/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0 7/24/96 FIVB Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Contender 1 Pakosta/Palinek 16 Everaert/Mulder 15 15-6 0:35 Lead the series against # 17 Prieto/Yuste, Spain 1-0 7/23/96 FIVB Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Winner 1 Pakosta/Palinek 16 Prieto/Yuste 17 15-11 0:27