Christian Francois

Christian Francois
Christian Francois
Personal information
Nationality	Trinidad and Tobago
Born	October 2, 1985 (age 33)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
2009	Kevin Rivers
Previous teammates

Last updated September 18, 2019

Cristian Francois (born October 2, 1985) is a male beach volleyball and volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago.

Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net. As in indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent. A team is allowed up to three touches to return the ball across the net, and individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively except after making a block touch. The ball is put in play with a serve—a hit by the server from behind the rear court boundary over the net to the opponents. The rally continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes "out", or a fault is made in the attempt to return the ball. The team that wins the rally scores a point and serves to start the following rally. The four players serve in the same sequence throughout the match, changing server each time a rally is won by the receiving team.

Volleyball is a popular team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated 130 kilometres south of Grenada and 11 kilometres off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west.

Guatemala City, locally known as Guatemala or Guate, officially Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous city in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nestled in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita. It is estimated that its population is about 1 million. Guatemala City is also the capital of the Municipality of Guatemala and of the Guatemala Department.

Sean Miguel Morrison is a male beach volleyball and volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago. He played in the men's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007 in Guatemala City, partnering with Christian Francois and finishing in 12th place.

He won the 2008 National Beach Volleyball Championship playing with Kevin Rivers ^[4] and the Bronze medal at the Sizzlin Sand Beach Volleyball Tour 2008 in Antigua^[5] .

Kevin Rivers is a male beach volleyball and volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago.

In Indoor volleyball, he participated in the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and Pan-American Cup 2008 ^[6] with his National team.

This page presents the results of the Men's and Women's Volleyball Tournament during the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, which was held from July 15 to July 30, 2006 in Cartagena, Colombia.

The 2008 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the third edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by seven countries from June 2 to June 7, 2008 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round.

The Trinidad and Tobago men's national volleyball team represents Trinidad and Tobago in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches.

Awards

Individuals

2007 Trinidad and Tobago A Division National League "Best Scorer"

Beach

Trinidad and Tobago Beach Volleyball Championship 2008 Gold Medal
Trinidad and Tobago Beach Volleyball Championship 2007 Silver Medal
Sizzlin Sand Beach Volleyball Tour 2008 Antigua Bronze Medal

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The 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 6 to September 11, 2005 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The United States won the event over Cuba and qualified for the 2005 Women's Volleyball Grand Champions Cup, later that year in Japan. Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago were the newcomers to this competition. The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal and Nancy Metcalf was awarded Most Valuable Player.

The 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit is a North American beach volleyball tour. The tour consists of seven tournaments with both genders.

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The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Guatemala was held April 3–5, 2009 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was the second leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009.

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Yunieski Ramírez is a male beach volleyball player from Cuba, who twice won the gold medal playing with Yoandri Kindelán in the men's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007 at Guatemala and in 2009 in Puerto Vallarta.

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References

↑ FIVB. "Puerto Ricans were perfect on Day One in Guatemala" . Retrieved 2009-09-06.
↑ NORCECA. "2007 NORCECA Beach Tour". Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
↑ FemexVoleibol. "Sin sorpresas en el inicio en las Islas Caimán" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
↑ Trinidad Express. "Joseph, Philip queens of sand again" . Retrieved 2009-09-05.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ Trinidad Express. "Philip, Joseph sizzle in Antigua" . Retrieved 2009-09-07.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ NORCECA. "Puerto Rico derrotó a Trinidad & Tobago en 5 sets" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-09-05.

Christian Francois at the Beach Volleyball Database

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[1] FIVB. "Puerto Ricans were perfect on Day One in Guatemala" . Retrieved 2009-09-06.

[2] NORCECA. "2007 NORCECA Beach Tour". Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2009-09-06.

[3] FemexVoleibol. "Sin sorpresas en el inicio en las Islas Caimán" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-09-06.

[4] Trinidad Express. "Joseph, Philip queens of sand again" . Retrieved 2009-09-05.^{[ dead link ]}

[5] Trinidad Express. "Philip, Joseph sizzle in Antigua" . Retrieved 2009-09-07.^{[ dead link ]}

[6] NORCECA. "Puerto Rico derrotó a Trinidad & Tobago en 5 sets" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-09-05.