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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 7, 2021

(7) Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany

Julius Thole
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hamburg

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$120,775.00

Clemens Wickler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Starnberg

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$239,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	28	0	3	2	1	3	0	8	0	4	4	2	1	US$214,000.00

Previous Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	4	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	3	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	5	2nd	1080	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	6	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	9	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	5	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	12	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	13	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	12	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	6	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	16	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	12	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	10	2nd	720	US$16,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/25/2021

Pool F

Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (18)

Lost 21-19, 19-21, 13-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Thole	Total	29	14	4	0.345	1	6	0	5
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	1	0	2
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	0	2
	3	5	3	1	0.400	1	2	0	1
Clemens Wickler	Total	38	19	6	0.342	0	19	1	8
	1	14	9	2	0.500	0	7	1	2
	2	15	6	3	0.200	0	9	0	3
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	3	0	3

Tue, 7/27/2021

Pool F

Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (19)

Won 22-20, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Thole	Total	27	14	4	0.370	4	5	1	2
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	2	0	1
	2	14	7	2	0.357	4	3	1	1
Clemens Wickler	Total	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	2	4
	1	2	1	0	0.500	0	0	1	3
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	1	1	1

Sat, 7/31/2021

Pool F

Gottsu Ishijima / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (6)

Won 21-16, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Thole	Total	17	15	0	0.882	3	1	0	3
	1	11	9	0	0.818	1	0	0	2
	2	6	6	0	1.000	2	1	0	1
Clemens Wickler	Total	14	12	1	0.786	0	4	3	2
	1	6	6	0	1.000	0	1	0	1
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	3	1

Mon, 8/2/2021

Winner 1

Tri Bourne / Jake Gibb, United States (10)

Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-11

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Thole	Total	26	15	4	0.423	2	2	1	6
	1	10	4	3	0.100	1	0	0	3
	2	13	9	0	0.692	0	2	0	3
	3	3	2	1	0.333	1	0	1	0
Clemens Wickler	Total	19	12	3	0.474	0	3	3	7
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	2	0	3
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	1	1	3
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	2	1

Wed, 8/4/2021

Winner 2

Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russian Olympic Committee (2)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Thole	Total	31	11	4	0.226	2	1	0	2
	1	17	5	3	0.118	2	1	0	1
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	0	0	1
Clemens Wickler	Total	18	11	4	0.389	0	5	0	3
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	1	0	3
	2	10	6	3	0.300	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Thole	130	69	16	0.408	12	15	2	18
Clemens Wickler	94	58	14	0.468	0	32	9	24
Total	224	127	30	0.433	12	47	11	42
Opponents	224	119	43	0.339	10	51	12	34

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Clemens Wickler - 4th	Julius Thole - 4th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Clemens Wickler - 2nd	Julius Thole - 2nd
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Clemens Wickler - 2nd	Julius Thole - 2nd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Nils Ehlers - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Nils Ehlers - 9th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Did not play	Nils Ehlers - 7th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Did not play	Nils Ehlers - 2nd

Head to Head Results
Thole/Wickler lead the series against the field 25-22 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 2-4
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Thole/Wickler	12	Mol/Sorum	1	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:10
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Thole/Wickler	12	21-18, 21-17	0:36
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Thole/Wickler	16	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
8/18/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Thole/Wickler	1	21-16, 16-21, 15-9	1:00
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	Mol/Sorum	9	21-18, 22-24, 15-13	0:50
4/18/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Thole/Wickler	Q18	13-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russian Olympic Committee 0-5
8/4/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	2	Thole/Wickler	7	21-16, 21-19	0:45
9/8/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Gold Medal	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Thole/Wickler	5	21-16, 21-16	0:45
7/7/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Gold Medal	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Thole/Wickler	12	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:12
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool E	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	5	Thole/Wickler	12	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:44
1/6/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Gold Medal	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	6	Thole/Wickler	10	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Thole/Wickler	27, Q9	Tijan/Younousse	22	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 1-2
8/17/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Filho	2	Thole/Wickler	6	21-12, 21-19	0:38
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Cerutti/Filho	10	Thole/Wickler	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	12	Cerutti/Filho	20	21-14, 21-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	6	Thole/Wickler	9	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 6 Ishijima/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/31/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Thole/Wickler	7	Ishijima/Shiratori	6	21-16, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 8 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Thole/Wickler	16	Goncalves/Schmidt	13	22-24, 21-16, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 4-0
8/17/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Thole/Wickler	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	21-16, 21-15	0:35
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Thole/Wickler	12	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	19	23-21, 21-19	0:53
1/6/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Thole/Wickler	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	21-15, 21-18	0:36
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Thole/Wickler	30, Q19	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	21-23, 21-17, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Bourne/Gibb, United States 1-0
8/2/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Thole/Wickler	7	Bourne/Gibb	10	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 11 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-0
9/7/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 3	Thole/Wickler	5	Perusic/Schweiner	13	21-12, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 12 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 2-1
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	5	Leshukov/Semenov	14	21-16, 21-14	0:35
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	Thole/Wickler	12	Leshukov/Semenov	5	25-23, 17-21, 15-12	0:51
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 2	Leshukov/Semenov	21, Q1	Thole/Wickler	24, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Thole/Wickler	27, Q9	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-11, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 14 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 4-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool E	Thole/Wickler	5	Plavins/Tocs	12	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	12	Plavins/Tocs	22	21-17, 21-13	0:32
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 1	Thole/Wickler	1	Plavins/Tocs	7	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	0:53
6/23/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	30, Q19	Plavins/Tocs	13	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 15 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 0-1
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Carambula/Rossi	27	Thole/Wickler	16	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 16 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 3-1
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	Thole/Wickler	2	21-19, 21-17	0:39
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 3	Thole/Wickler	12	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	21-18, 21-17	0:46
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool D	Thole/Wickler	13	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	21-13, 4-2 Retired	0:22
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 17 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Thole/Wickler	3	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 18 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
7/25/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	18	Thole/Wickler	7	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	8	Thole/Wickler	12	21-23, 24-22, 15-12	0:53
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Thole/Wickler	1	Lupo/Nicolai	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 19 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-3
7/27/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Thole/Wickler	7	Kantor/Losiak	19	22-20, 21-16	0:44
8/18/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Kantor/Losiak	4	Thole/Wickler	1	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:00
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Kantor/Losiak	4	Thole/Wickler	1	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/23/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 3	Kantor/Losiak	5	Thole/Wickler	30, Q19	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Series tied with # 22 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-1
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Thole/Wickler	16	Gerson/Heidrich	17	23-21, 25-23	0:46
3/6/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Gerson/Heidrich	31, Q27	Thole/Wickler	Q22	21-12, 21-15	0:31