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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 22, 2008

(24) Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, 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

Alexander Horst
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

191

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$537,121.05

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	4	1	1	US$264,150.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	17	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q3	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	30	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	26	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	26	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	19	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	13	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	10	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/10/2008

Pool A

Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (1)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	25	7	5	0.080	3	2	2	1
	1	25	7	5	0.080	3	2	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Alexander Horst	Total	30	17	9	0.267	0	3	0	2
	1	30	17	9	0.267	0	3	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/12/2008

Pool A

Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (12)

Lost 14-21, 12-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	38	17	10	0.184	1	0	0	1
	1	38	17	10	0.184	1	0	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Alexander Horst	Total	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	0	2
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/14/2008

Pool A

Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (13)

Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-12

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	36	21	3	0.500	6	0	0	0
	1	36	21	3	0.500	6	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Alexander Horst	Total	29	18	2	0.552	0	7	0	2
	1	29	18	2	0.552	0	7	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/14/2008

Lucky Loser

Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (11)

Won 21-11, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	25	13	2	0.440	4	1	1	0
	1	25	13	2	0.440	4	1	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Alexander Horst	Total	20	10	2	0.400	0	9	1	0
	1	20	10	2	0.400	0	9	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/16/2008

Winner 1

Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (23)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	36	13	3	0.278	5	5	1	0
	1	36	13	3	0.278	5	5	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Alexander Horst	Total	25	9	6	0.120	0	12	2	2
	1	25	9	6	0.120	0	12	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/18/2008

Winner 2

Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (4)

Lost 20-22, 17-21

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	40	19	7	0.300	7	2	0	1
	1	40	19	7	0.300	7	2	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Alexander Horst	Total	8	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	4
	1	8	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	200	90	30	0.300	26	10	4	3
Alexander Horst	118	59	23	0.305	0	35	3	12
Total	318	149	53	0.302	26	45	7	15
Opponents	320	159	61	0.306	24	59	7	12

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Nikolas Berger - 17th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Bernhard Strauss - 33rd	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Alexander Horst - 9th	Florian Gosch - 9th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Alexander Horst - 5th	Florian Gosch - 5th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Alexander Horst - 9th	Florian Gosch - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Daniel Mullner - 17th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 19th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 17th
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 9th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 2nd
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 25th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Julian Horl - 17th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Did not play	Julian Horl - 19th

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	9	1	0	$105,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	1	2	1	3	3	5	8	3	0	$136,750.00
Total	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	4	0	$264,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Florian Gosch												Alexander Horst
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	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,875.00	World Championships	8	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$53,000.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$14,500.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	3	0	$60,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	0	2	1	4	11	19	31	10	0	$324,925.00
63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	0	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	80	0	1	2	2	9	24	21	13	0	$136,675.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	4	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00
5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,150.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Satellite
106	1	0	2	3	6	20	26	16	0	$172,325.00	Total	191	4	6	3	7	23	51	58	24	0	$535,575.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	4	0	2	$75,700.00	34	27	55.7 %
2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	0	$33,900.00	13	24	35.1 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	9	4	2	$111,600.00	48	53	47.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Florian Gosch													Alexander Horst
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2001	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	$13,875.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	$14,400.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,875.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
13	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	$37,850.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	$37,850.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$16,950.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$16,950.00
82	1	0	2	1	3	9	18	16	32	$96,050.00	Total	Total	31	0	0	1	0	2	8	9	4	7	$60,150.00

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	64	61.0%	22	21.0%	19	18.1%	86-19	81.9%	17	17.0%	11	11.0%	72	72.0%	17-83	17.0%	64-72	47.1%	39-30	56.5%	1	2	104-104	50.0%
2007-2008	31	56.4%	13	23.6%	11	20.0%	44-11	80.0%	9	17.0%	5	9.4%	39	73.6%	9-44	17.0%	31-39	44.3%	22-16	57.9%	1	0	54-55	49.5%
Against the Field	8	36.4%	6	27.3%	8	36.4%	14-8	63.6%	5	11.9%	3	7.1%	34	81.0%	5-37	11.9%	16-66	19.5%	22-22	50.0%	1	0	20-44	31.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	0	26	25	0	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	41
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	24	25	0	3	1	2	0	0	59	56
Total	0	0	8	3	31	29	1	0	32	44	0	3	1	2	0	0	104	104

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Horst trail the series against the field 9-28 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 13 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
8/10/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Wu/Xu	1	Gosch/Horst	24	21-16, 21-15	0:45
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	1	Gosch/Horst	17	21-14, 21-16	0:35
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Wu/Xu	8	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Horst	8	21-16, 21-16	0:44
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Horst	18	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
8/18/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Gosch/Horst	24	22-20, 21-17	0:54
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Gosch/Horst	30	Araujo/Magalhaes	19	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:08
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Gosch/Horst	23	21-18, 21-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Gosch/Horst	30	21-18, 21-16	0:37
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:40
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-3
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Brink/Dieckmann	7	Gosch/Horst	10	21-18, 21-17	0:53
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	8	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	22-24, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-15, 23-21	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Gosch/Horst	26	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-3
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Gosch/Horst	24	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-11, 21-19	0:39
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Gosch/Horst	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:04
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Gosch/Horst	11	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:04
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gosch/Horst	18	24-22, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 12 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
8/12/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	12	Gosch/Horst	24	21-14, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Gosch/Horst	24	Kais/Vesik	13	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	23	Kais/Vesik	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 14 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-2
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Gosch/Horst	11	Baracetti/Conde	7	By Forfeit
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	6	Gosch/Horst	11	24-22, 21-14	0:44
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	7	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 15 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	Gosch/Horst	8	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 16 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	21	Gosch/Horst	30	21-12, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-5
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	8	Gosch/Horst	17	19-21, 21-11, 22-20	1:09
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	20	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	16-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:06
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Kjemperud/Skarlund	23	Gosch/Horst	26	21-17, 21-14	0:51
8/19/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Bronze Medal	Gosch/Horst	11	Kjemperud/Skarlund	30	21-13, 17-21, 16-14	1:02
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:40
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Gosch/Horst	23	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Gosch/Horst	11	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 21 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	17	Amore/Lione	16	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 23 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
8/16/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	24	Plavins/Samoilovs	23	21-17, 21-18	0:46