USA’s Gibb hopes to start podium journey against Qatari newcomers

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 5, 2016 – The #6 seed Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson of the United States take on #19 seed, Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse in the first Pool F match of the Rio Olympics. Jake is playing in his third Olympic Games with new partner Casey and will be hoping to finally break through onto the podium after two fifth-place finishes with Sean Rosenthal in Beijing (2008) and London (2012).  Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse are the first team from Qatar to compete in the Olympic Games for beach volleyball.

Head to Head

The two teams have never met in FIVB competition.  Historically the #6 seed and #19 seed have split their four first-round Olympic Games matches.  The two upset wins by the #19 seeds were over host nation teams that were honorarily awarded the #6 seed with South Africa’s Gershon Rorich/Colin Pocock defeating Greece’s Pavlos Beligratis/Thanassis Michalopoulos in Athens and Canada’s Josh Binstock/Martin Reader defeating Great Britain’s John Garcia-Thompson/Steve Grotowski in London.

Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, Seed #6, Pool F, Qualified 6th with 5,680 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period

• Jake: February 6, 1976 (40y6m0d), 201 cm (6’7″), 93 kg (206 lbs.), Hometown Bountiful, 113th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 46th), six gold medals, $705,037 career winnings (ranks 14th)

• Casey: April 20, 1980 (36y3m17d), 201 cm (6’7″), 88 kg (195 lbs.), Hometown Manhattan Beach, 52nd FIVB World Tour event, two gold medals, $302,562 career winnings (ranks 67th)

• Jake and Casey have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 43rd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, two gold medals, $582,025 career winnings (ranks 29th).

• Jake has played in 27 FIVB World Tour final fours with six gold, eight silver, seven bronze medals and six 4th place finishes.

• Casey has played in nine FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold, two silver, two bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.

• Jake and Casey have played in …

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