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Phuket secures South-east Asia's
foothold on the Swatch-FIVB World Tour
  PHUKET 2006 - After
staging women’s FIVB Challenger/Satellite events in Pattaya (2001), Bangkok
(2005) and Phuket (2005), Thailand hosts its first “open” SWATCH-FIVB World Tour
stop. The 2005 Phuket stop served as a prelude to the 2006 season-finale where
the competition was part of the Andaman Festival to mark the first anniversary
of the Tsunami of 2004. Jennifer Kessy and Heather Lowe won the 2001 Pattaya
events for the United States while China’s Linjun Ji and Whenhui You captured
the Bangkok stop. Lijun Ji was 18 years old when she won the event to become
the youngest player ever to win “any” international Beach Volleyball event.
Eiko Koizumi and Shinako Tanaka captured Japan’s first-ever international Beach
Volleyball gold medal by winning the 2005 Phuket event.
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PAST SOUTHEAST ASIA
WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Total Medals - Brazil
5, USA 2, China 1, Cuba 1, Czech Republic 1, Germany 1, Greece 1
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Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
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Bali |
1995 |
Holly McPeak/Nancy Reno, USA |
Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA |
Karolyn Kirby/Angela Rock, USA |
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Jakarta |
1996 |
Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA |
Maike Friedrichsen/Danja Musch, GER |
Pires/Silva, BRA |
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Bali |
2003 |
Tian Jia/Wang Fei, CHN |
Fernandez Grasset Larrea Peraza, CUB |
Eva Celbova/Sona Novakova, CZE |
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Bali |
2005 |
Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Thalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiana, GRE |
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Totals |
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Brazil 2 Golds, China 1, USA 1 |
Brazil 2 Silvers, Cuba 1, Germany 1 |
Brazil 1 Bronze, Czech Rep. 1, Greece 1, USA 1 |
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Teams
Phuket
2006
Women's Open