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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Grand Slam Moscow 2009 presented by SEAT
July 14 - 19, 2009

(15) 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 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

192

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$539,371.05

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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Alexander Horst - 17th	Florian Gosch - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	24	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	14	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	19	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	13	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	13	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	24	5th	0	US$0.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/16/2009	Pool B	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (18)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:59
Thu, 7/16/2009	Pool B	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (31, Q21)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:41
Fri, 7/17/2009	Pool B	Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 11-21	0:46
Fri, 7/17/2009	Winner 1	Jialu Li / Linyin Xu, China (21)	Lost 19-21, 29-31	0:51

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	86	0	2	1	4	11	20	31	10	0	$327,175.00
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	192	4	6	3	7	23	52	58	24	0	$537,825.00

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	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	3	0	$49,900.00	20	28	41.7 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$35,400.00	12	13	48.0 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	4	11	4	2	$163,000.00	67	70	48.9 %

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
12	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	0	$24,950.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	0	$24,950.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$17,700.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$17,700.00
90	1	0	2	2	3	14	20	16	32	$121,750.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	1	1	2	13	11	4	7	$85,850.00

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%
2008-2009	26	55.3%	12	25.5%	9	19.1%	38-9	80.9%	7	14.3%	6	12.2%	36	73.5%	7-42	14.3%	26-36	41.9%	19-15	55.9%	0	0	45-51	46.9%
Against the Field	26	60.5%	10	23.3%	7	16.3%	36-7	83.7%	8	17.4%	4	8.7%	34	73.9%	8-38	17.4%	52-68	43.3%	36-22	62.1%	0	0	44-45	49.4%

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 24-25 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Reckermann	2	Gosch/Horst	18	21-17, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-3
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Marques	2	Gosch/Horst	15	21-18, 21-11	0:46
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Cerutti/Marques	1	Gosch/Horst	24	21-17, 21-12	0:41
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Cerutti/Marques	1	Gosch/Horst	24	21-11, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-5
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	4	Gosch/Horst	20	21-16, 25-23	0:41
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	3	Gosch/Horst	14	21-12, 21-18	0:42
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	3	Gosch/Horst	19	25-23, 21-19	0:50
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 # 5 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 # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	11	Gosch/Horst	18	21-17, 21-13	0:41
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	20	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-19, 11-21, 15-9	0:52
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 3	Gavira/Herrera	11	Gosch/Horst	14	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	13	Kais/Vesik	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
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
Lead the series against # 12 Ces/Ces, France 3-2
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	20	Gosch/Horst	13	16-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:11
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Ces/Ces	20	21-11, 27-25	0:46
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	Gosch/Horst	19	21-18, 21-19	0:55
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	11	Ces/Ces	28	21-17, 21-15	0:45
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Ces/Ces	Q10	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-4
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	20	Gosch/Horst	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:56
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 # 16 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-3
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	15	Gosch/Horst	18	21-12, 19-21, 15-9	1:06
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Bronze Medal	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Gosch/Horst	13	21-19, 22-24, 15-12	1:13
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-19	0:46
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	21-17, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 4-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gosch/Horst	15	Hoyer/Soderberg	18	19-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:59
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	10	Hoyer/Soderberg	26	25-23, 21-16	0:50
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	12	Hoyer/Soderberg	27, Q6	21-16, 21-12	0:44
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q23	21-18, 21-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	14	Lario/Mesa	19	21-19, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 21 Li/Xu, China 0-1
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Li/Xu	21	Gosch/Horst	15	21-19, 31-29	0:51
Lead the series against # 23 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	13	Baracetti/Salema	22	17-21, 21-19, 15-6	1:03
Trail the series against # 26 "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
Lead the series against # 31, Q21 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gosch/Horst	15	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	21-18, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q4 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	17	Dyachenko/Kulinich	15, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q5 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	18	Hernandez/Villafane	26, Q5	21-10, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q11 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	24	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	1:17
Lead the series against # Q13 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	10	Babich/Mykhaylov	23, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # Q22 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	20	Boehm/McHugh	30, Q19	21-13, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q28 Kavalenka/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Kavalenka/Zharykau	29, Q7	26-24, 18-21, 15-10	1:21