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US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 26 - 30, 2006

(Q4) 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 Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Bernhard Strauss - 33rd	Florian Gosch - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	13	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	20, Q4	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	18	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q2	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q3	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	22, Q6	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	20	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	26, Q8	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q4	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	9/8-10/2005	Madeira Challenger	3	5th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	27, Q5	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	26, Q2	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	32	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	30	US$0.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 2	Louw Franken / Adrian Strijdom, South Africa (Q29)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:40
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 3	Koichi Nishimura / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (30, Q13)	Lost 24-22, 19-21, 19-21	1:21

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$2,000.00	7	11	38.9 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	$7,000.00	5	11	31.3 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	6	$27,750.00	22	23	48.9 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	$18,900.00	13	14	48.1 %
Total	FIVB	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	10	26	$57,300.00	48	66	42.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	13	8	61.9 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	$5,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	$13,875.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	$13,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	$9,450.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	$9,450.00
55	0	0	1	1	1	3	7	12	30	$33,900.00	Total	Total	59	0	0	1	2	1	5	6	11	33	$34,925.00

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%
2005-2006	25	54.3%	8	17.4%	13	28.3%	33-13	71.7%	6	17.1%	6	17.1%	23	65.7%	6-29	17.1%	25-23	52.1%	14-19	42.4%	0	0	39-42	48.1%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	1	4.8%	3	14.3%	17	81.0%	1-20	4.8%	20-34	37.0%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	14-24	36.8%

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 12-24 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 16 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Strauss	15	21-17, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Gosch/Strauss	18	21-16, 21-13	0:41
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q12	21-16, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Gosch/Strauss	15	19-21, 21-8, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	13	Gosch/Strauss	20, Q4	21-17, 21-12	0:39
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	13	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	21-13, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Dugrip	30, Q13	Gosch/Strauss	Q4	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 11 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	10	Gosch/Strauss	20	21-17, 22-20	0:33
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kais/Vesik	3	Gosch/Strauss	5	24-22, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	Gosch/Strauss	26, Q8	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-4
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	21-14, 21-15	0:42
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:46
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	23-21, 21-13	0:43
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 # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Gosch/Strauss	18	21-9, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 19 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	13	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 23, Q11 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Strauss	18	Pedrosa/Rosas	10	21-14, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	Cadieux/Leinemann	21, Q3	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	32	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-18, 21-6	0:36
Trail the series against # 26 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Gosch/Strauss	46	31-29, 24-22	1:01
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	Lochhead/Pitman	Q9	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 2-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q13	Gosch/Strauss	Q4	22-24, 21-19, 21-19	1:21
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	20, Q4	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q20	21-14, 28-26	0:49
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Gosch/Strauss	20	Nishimura/Shiratori	29, Q7	21-11, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:58
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	Gscheidle/Schnider	22	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # Q5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
9/9/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Winner 3	Herrera/Mesa	2	Gosch/Strauss	3	21-19, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # Q6 Bosma/Lario, Spain 1-0
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	18	Bosma/Lario	15	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # Q10 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	15	Berg/Svensson	18, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # Q15 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Richardson	20	Gosch/Strauss	13	21-18, 22-24, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # Q20 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-2
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Biza/Kubala	29, Q12	Gosch/Strauss	13	21-17, 21-16	0:48
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	Q30	Gosch/Strauss	Q3	21-16, 20-22, 18-16	1:03
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	Biza/Kubala	Q40	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # Q26 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q63	Gosch/Strauss	Q2	17-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # Q29 Franken/Strijdom, South Africa 1-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	Q4	Franken/Strijdom	Q29	21-12, 21-10	0:40