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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 18 - 22, 2003

(Q24) Florian Gosch/Bernhard Strauss, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leoben

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$172,325.00

Bernhard Strauss
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Lopar Island 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	10	1	11	4	US$65,200.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,500.00
Overall	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	10	1	11	4	US$72,700.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Simon Nausch - 41st	Gernot Leitner - 57th
2002	Bernhard Strauss - 57th	Florian Gosch - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q22	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	30, Q5	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	Q22	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	48	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/24-28/2002	Ukraine Challenger	26	17th	14	US$500.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open		57th	4	US$0.00

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/18/2003	Qualifier 1	Shinya Hata / Hayato Kirihara, Japan (Q41)	Won 21-16, 26-24	0:47
Thu, 6/19/2003	Qualifier 2	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (Q56)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:44
Thu, 6/19/2003	Qualifier 3	Ivaylo Gavrilov / Vladislav Todorov, Bulgaria (31, Q25)	Lost 22-20, 23-25, 5-15	0:53

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$13,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	9	0	$48,400.00
Challenger	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Total	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	0	$72,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Florian Gosch												Bernhard Strauss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,575.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	3	0	$60,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,025.00
63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	0	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	0	$24,200.00
5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,150.00	Challenger	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$575.00
106	1	0	2	3	6	20	26	16	0	$172,325.00	Total	62	0	0	1	2	1	5	8	11	0	$40,575.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,650.00	1	7	12.5 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,650.00	4	9	30.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Florian Gosch													Bernhard Strauss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	$1,075.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	12	$1,700.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	36	58.1%	9	14.5%	17	27.4%	45-17	72.6%	7	11.5%	8	13.1%	46	75.4%	7-54	11.5%	36-46	43.9%	16-25	39.0%	0	0	52-71	42.3%
2002-2003	7	63.6%	0	0.0%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	1	6.7%	1	6.7%	13	86.7%	1-14	6.7%	7-13	35.0%	1-5	16.7%	0	0	8-18	30.8%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	0	0.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	3	10.3%	2	6.9%	24	82.8%	3-26	10.3%	14-48	22.6%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	10-29	25.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	10	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	29	13	3	6	0	0	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	49
Challenger	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	13	8
Total	0	1	36	23	8	13	0	0	8	21	0	2	1	1	0	0	65	79

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Strauss trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 16 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	24	Gosch/Strauss	48	21-18, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 18 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Rogers/Scott	14	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q5	21-18, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager	25	Gosch/Strauss	48	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 31, Q25 Gavrilov/Todorov, Bulgaria 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Gavrilov/Todorov	31, Q25	Gosch/Strauss	Q24	20-22, 25-23, 15-5	0:53
Trail the series against # Q33 Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Pool G	Biza/Stejskal	23	Gosch/Strauss	26	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q41 Hata/Kirihara, Japan 1-0
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Strauss	Q24	Hata/Kirihara	Q41	21-16, 26-24	0:47
Lead the series against # Q50 Petreaev/Shapranovich, Israel 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Strauss	Q22	Petreaev/Shapranovich	Q43	21-18, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q56 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	Q24	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q56	21-19, 21-17	0:44