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NORCECA
US$10,000 Jamaica
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Match #16: Winner's Bracket Round 1

Marcelo Araya/Zlatko Piskulich, Costa Rica
vs.
Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico

Marcelo Araya
Costa Rica

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Heredia

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA Boca Chica 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$1,700.00

Zlatko Crespo Piskulich
Costa Rica

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (NORCECA Boca Chica 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$1,850.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	Money
NORCECA	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$800.00

Previous Kingston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NORCECA	4/10-12/2009	Boca Chica		4th	140	US$500.00
NORCECA	4/1-5/2009	Guatemala		9th	55	US$0.00

Jamaica Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2009	Pool C	Yhonastan Fabian / German Recio, Dominican Republic	Won 21-19, 21-19
Fri, 6/26/2009	Pool C	Mark Lewis / Dany Wilson, Jamaica (5)	Won 21-17, 21-19
Sat, 6/27/2009	Winner 1	Aldo Miramontes / Juan Virgen, Mexico	Lost
Sat, 6/27/2009	Contender 4	Yhonastan Fabian / German Recio, Dominican Republic	Won
Sat, 6/27/2009	Contender 5	Orlando Irizarry / Roberto Rodriguez, Puerto Rico (1)	Lost
Sun, 6/28/2009	Semi-Finals	Mark Lewis / Dany Wilson, Jamaica (5)	Lost 21-14, 11-21, 10-15	0:43

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type

Played

Gold

Silver

Bronze

4th

5-6th

7-8th

9-12th

13-16th

17-24th

25th

Lower

Winnings (US$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcelo Araya												Zlatko Piskulich
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$400.00
											Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,150.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2009	NORCECA	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	NORCECA	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	5	5	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcelo Araya													Zlatko Piskulich
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$750.00
											1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$400.00
											1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,050.00	2007	NORCECA
											2008	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$400.00	2009	NORCECA	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$400.00
6	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	14	$1,550.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2008-2009	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

Team Match Records by Round

Country Quota

Qualifier

Pool Play

Lucky Loser

Elimination Rounds

Semi-Finals

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Overall

Tournament Type

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Aldo Miramontes
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Villa de Alvarez, Colima

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$31,700.00

Juan Virgen
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago Ixcuintla

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

185

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$232,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	13	14	2	US$28,100.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
NORCECA	20	14	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$29,100.00
Overall	60	14	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	6	13	14	2	US$58,200.00

Previous Kingston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	Q9	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	29, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	25, Q2	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB C&S	7/10-13/2008	Lausanne Satellite	1	5th	20	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q16	41st	24	US$0.00

Jamaica Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2009	Pool A	Homi Cathalina / Aegidio Juliana, Curacao	Won 21-5, 21-16
Fri, 6/26/2009	Pool A	Orlando Irizarry / Roberto Rodriguez, Puerto Rico (1)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 8-15
Sat, 6/27/2009	Winner 1	Marcelo Araya / Zlatko Piskulich, Costa Rica	Won
Sat, 6/27/2009	Winner 2	Alexander Villegas / Gilberto Villegas, Costa Rica	Won
Sun, 6/28/2009	Semi-Finals	Orlando Irizarry / Roberto Rodriguez, Puerto Rico (1)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:40
Sun, 6/28/2009	Gold Medal	Mark Lewis / Dany Wilson, Jamaica (5)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:35

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$12,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	$16,000.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6	0	$29,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aldo Miramontes												Juan Virgen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$19,700.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	0	0	0	3	7	12	6	0	$93,675.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	$10,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	0	1	4	0	5	10	17	16	0	$69,725.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
44	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	0	$16,950.00	Total	133	0	2	4	1	9	21	32	23	2	$194,150.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	$3,000.00	6	11	35.3 %
2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	$17,500.00	17	21	44.7 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2009	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	19	$20,500.00	24	34	41.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aldo Miramontes													Juan Virgen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	$1,500.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	$1,500.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	$8,750.00	2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	$8,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2008	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2009	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
32	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	20	$14,350.00	Total	Total	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	20	$13,850.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	15	88.2%	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	15-1	93.8%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	18-2	90.0%
2008-2009	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0		0		0		0-0		3-0	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0		0		0		0-0		6-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	10	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	28	19	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	33
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	33	29	3	6	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	52

Head to Head Results
Miramontes/Virgen lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/27/09	NORCECA	Jamaica	Winner 1	Miramontes/Virgen		Araya/Piskulich