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(7) 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:

128

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$201,144.31

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:

232

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Novi Sad 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$611,243.59

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	16	0	2	0	1	1	3	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	US$57,041.04
FIVB	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	0	4	0	1	1	US$264,150.00
Overall	64	0	2	1	3	3	6	17	6	17	1	4	2	1	1	US$321,191.04

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2003	Bernhard Strauss - 57th	Did not play
FIVB 2004	Bernhard Strauss - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2005	Bernhard Strauss - 33rd	Did not play
FIVB 2008	Alexander Horst - 17th	Florian Gosch - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	5	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
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
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	19	17th	120	US$2,800.00
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	6	7th	600	€ 1,200.00
CEV	9/11-14/2008	English Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
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
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	4	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
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

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/19/2009	Winner 1	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (10)	Won 18-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:09
Fri, 6/19/2009	Winner 2	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (2)	Lost 18-21, 24-26	0:53
Fri, 6/19/2009	Contender 2	Jorn Huiskamp / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (13, Q9)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:37
Sat, 6/20/2009	Contender 3	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (8)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:39

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
Confederation Championship	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Total	52	0	1	1	2	2	3	14	6	17	4	0	$279,150.00

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
5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$7,500.00	Confederation Championship	19	0	1	1	1	3	8	3	2	0	$27,750.00
111	1	1	2	3	6	23	26	16	0	$179,825.00	Total	210	4	7	4	8	26	59	61	26	0	$563,325.00

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 %
2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$3,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	3	0	$49,900.00	20	28	41.7 %
2008	CEV	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$19,100.00	14	13	51.9 %
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$11,300.00	5	6	45.5 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$4,400.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	4	10	4	2	$138,900.00	60	63	48.8 %
Total	CEV	13	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	1	1	0	2	$26,500.00	21	23	47.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$50.00	1999	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV 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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2003	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV
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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,500.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,500.00
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
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$9,550.00	2008	CEV	7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$9,550.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,650.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,200.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,200.00
106	1	1	2	3	6	20	20	16	37	$123,225.00	Total	Total	50	0	1	1	2	5	16	12	4	9	$87,050.00

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	20	76.9%	3	11.5%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	6	19.4%	6	19.4%	19	61.3%	6-25	19.4%	20-19	51.3%	9-9	50.0%	0	1	29-29	50.0%
2008-2009	16	72.7%	3	13.6%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	5	20.0%	5	20.0%	15	60.0%	5-20	20.0%	16-15	51.6%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	24-23	51.1%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	11	68.8%	3-13	18.8%	12-22	35.3%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	9-13	40.9%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	8
Total	0	0	8	3	35	31	1	0	33	47	1	3	1	2	0	1	114	112

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 15-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-5
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Gosch/Horst	7	21-18, 26-24	0:53
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Gosch/Horst	6	21-14, 21-16	0:39
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Gosch/Horst	6	21-17, 21-16	0:37
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Gosch/Horst	26	21-17, 21-17	0:43
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Semi-Finals	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Gosch/Horst	4	21-17, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-5
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
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	2	Gosch/Horst	4	21-18, 21-19	0:47
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
Series tied with # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
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
Trail the series against # 5 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	23	Gosch/Horst	10	21-18, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-2
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gosch/Horst	5	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:19
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gosch/Horst	6	21-18, 21-17	0:39
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-27, 21-9, 15-9	1:12
Lead the series against # 8 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-1
6/20/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	8	Gosch/Horst	7	21-11, 21-19	0:39
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 # 10 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	7	Lario/Mesa	10	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:09
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	14	Lario/Mesa	19	21-19, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 13, Q9 Huiskamp/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	7	Huiskamp/Ronnes	13, Q9	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q3 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
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 # Q5 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 # Q10 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 2-0
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	6	Dugrip/Salvetti	14, Q8	21-14, 21-16	0:39
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	13	Dugrip/Salvetti	19	21-19, 21-18	0:50