Michael Gongolo (#34) at WSC 2001

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Michael Gongolo (#34) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Michael Surname(s): Gongolo Home: Kenya Age: 35 Occupation: Veterinary Surgeon WSC 1999 Rank: 30 WSC 2001 Team: Kenya

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 504 Average for: 422 Average against: 400
Before Round 1		Gongolo is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 1		Gongolo played #78 Mario Miranda (Philippines) and won 478 to 427 (a spread of 51) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-0, +51.
Round 2		Gongolo played #12 Andrew Fisher (England) and lost 392 to 520 (a spread of -128) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 1-1, -77.
Round 3	Larger photo available	Gongolo played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and won 406 to 337 (a spread of 69) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 2-1, -8.
Round 4		Gongolo played #08 Robert Felt (United States) and lost 385 to 402 (a spread of -17) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 2-2, -25.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Gongolo played #16 David Acton (England) and lost 354 to 391 (a spread of -37) . Current ranking: #55. Current record: 2-3, -62.
Round 6		Gongolo played #59 Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) and won 366 to 355 (a spread of 11) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 3-3, -51.
Round 7		Gongolo played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 445 to 278 (a spread of 167) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 4-3, +116.
Round 8		Gongolo played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and won 460 to 381 (a spread of 79) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-3, +195.
Round 9		Gongolo played #86 Christopher Sykes (Canada) and won 436 to 428 (a spread of 8) . Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-3, +203.
Round 10		Gongolo played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and won 463 to 365 (a spread of 98) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-3, +301.
Round 11		Gongolo played #09 Adam Logan (Canada) and lost 396 to 495 (a spread of -99) . Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-4, +202.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Gongolo played #50 Peter Sinton (New Zealand) and won 461 to 406 (a spread of 55) . Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-4, +257. Gongolo is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Gongolo is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 13		Gongolo played #19 Robin Pollock Daniel (Canada) and lost 335 to 446 (a spread of -111) . Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-5, +146.
Round 14	Larger photo available	Gongolo played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and won 487 to 276 (a spread of 211) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-5, +357.
Round 15	Larger photo available	Gongolo played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and lost 395 to 522 (a spread of -127) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-6, +230.
Round 16		Gongolo played #38 Steve Polatnick (United States) and won 439 to 341 (a spread of 98) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 10-6, +328.
Round 17		Gongolo played #30 David Webb (England) and won 402 to 381 (a spread of 21) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-6, +349.
Round 18		Gongolo played #24 John Luebkemann (United States) and lost 363 to 463 (a spread of -100) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-7, +249.
Round 19		Gongolo played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and won 504 to 376 (a spread of 128) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 12-7, +377.
Round 20		Gongolo played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and won 384 to 359 (a spread of 25) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-7, +402.
Round 21		Gongolo played #20 Sammy Okosagah (Nigeria) and lost 428 to 439 (a spread of -11) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 13-8, +391.
Round 22		Gongolo played #44 Jim Geary (United States) and lost 393 to 493 (a spread of -100) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-9, +291.
Round 23	Larger photo available	Gongolo played #07 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and won 491 to 367 (a spread of 124) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-9, +415.
Round 24		Gongolo played #06 Joe Edley (United States) and won 476 to 363 (a spread of 113) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15-9, +528. Gongolo is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
After the Finals		Gongolo is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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