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

(20) Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aarberg

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

206

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$784,010.00

Jan Schnider
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oensingen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$133,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	4	4	1	US$97,800.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	17	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	15	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	8	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	15	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	18	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	16	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	17	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/9/2008

Pool E

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (5)

Lost 14-21, 15-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	17	7	5	0.118	0	0	2	6
	1	17	7	5	0.118	0	0	2	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jan Schnider	Total	24	9	8	0.042	1	3	0	5
	1	24	9	8	0.042	1	3	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/11/2008

Pool E

David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (8)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	27	15	5	0.370	3	1	4	3
	1	27	15	5	0.370	3	1	4	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jan Schnider	Total	12	11	0	0.917	0	0	0	1
	1	12	11	0	0.917	0	0	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/13/2008

Pool E

Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (17)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	19	12	2	0.526	1	1	1	2
	1	19	12	2	0.526	1	1	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jan Schnider	Total	19	10	2	0.421	0	1	1	1
	1	19	10	2	0.421	0	1	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/16/2008

Winner 1

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Lost 16-21, 23-21, 13-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	38	17	6	0.289	4	3	3	6
	1	38	17	6	0.289	4	3	3	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jan Schnider	Total	29	15	5	0.345	1	1	1	1
	1	29	15	5	0.345	1	1	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	101	51	18	0.327	8	5	10	17
Jan Schnider	84	45	15	0.357	2	5	2	8
Total	185	96	33	0.341	10	10	12	25
Opponents	181	94	34	0.331	13	23	4	15

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Paul Laciga - 9th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Paul Laciga - 2nd	Did not play
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Paul Laciga - 5th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Paul Laciga - 5th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Paul Laciga - 5th	Did not play
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Paul Laciga - 5th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Markus Egger - 17th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Paul Laciga - 17th	Marcel Gscheidle - 17th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Jan Schnider - 9th	Martin Laciga - 9th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Andreas Sutter - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Jonas Weingart - 37th	Philip Gabathuler - 17th

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$28,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	3	2	0	$69,700.00
Total	20	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	4	4	0	$97,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martin Laciga												Jan Schnider
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$44,050.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,700.00
53	0	2	2	1	5	16	14	6	0	$188,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	0	$40,850.00
139	6	11	5	10	42	27	24	13	0	$530,135.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	5	10	10	16	0	$77,400.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Satellite	8	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	$4,125.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games
206	8	15	7	11	52	45	40	19	0	$770,410.00	Total	102	0	3	0	4	6	20	16	26	0	$133,200.00

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
2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	$30,000.00	15	12	55.6 %
2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	3	0	$47,900.00	19	20	48.7 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	4	3	1	$77,900.00	34	32	51.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martin Laciga													Jan Schnider
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2	$4,750.00	1995	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$16,750.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00	1997	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1997	FIVB C&S
13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00	1998	FIVB
13	0	2	0	3	4	2	2	0	0	$69,000.00	1999	FIVB
15	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	0	0	$77,000.00	2000	FIVB
11	0	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$76,000.00	2001	FIVB
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$41,285.00	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	$51,750.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$57,650.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2004	FIVB C&S	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
13	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$82,800.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	$12,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$25,725.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	3	$13,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
10	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	2	1	$23,800.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	3	$25,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	0	$23,950.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	0	$23,950.00
161	8	15	6	11	45	34	28	11	3	$655,060.00	Total	Total	63	0	3	0	4	4	13	11	16	12	$82,450.00

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	23	59.0%	10	25.6%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	9	20.9%	7	16.3%	27	62.8%	9-34	20.9%	23-27	46.0%	19-13	59.4%	1	0	43-40	51.8%
2007-2008	23	60.5%	10	26.3%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	9	21.4%	7	16.7%	26	61.9%	9-33	21.4%	23-26	46.9%	19-12	61.3%	1	0	43-38	53.1%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	2	8.0%	6	24.0%	17	68.0%	2-23	8.0%	12-32	27.3%	10-16	38.5%	1	0	12-24	33.3%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	8	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	32	27
Total	0	0	4	1	10	8	0	0	15	17	0	1	0	1	0	0	43	40

Head to Head Results
Laciga/Schnider trail the series against the field 11-19 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	4	Laciga/Schnider	8	22-20, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
8/16/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Laciga/Schnider	20	21-16, 21-23, 15-13	1:02
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Laciga/Schnider	16	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	0:56
6/14/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-17, 21-9	0:40
9/29/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-16, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Laciga/Schnider	17	Rego/Santos	1	21-15, 21-19	0:41
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Schnider	8	Rego/Santos	1	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	1:00
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Laciga/Schnider	17	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
9/30/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-14, 21-17	0:46
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-13, 21-10	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/9/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool E	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Laciga/Schnider	20	21-14, 21-15	0:47
5/10/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Laciga/Schnider	10	21-13, 21-19	0:49
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-18, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	17-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 8 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-1
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool E	Laciga/Schnider	20	Klemperer/Koreng	8	21-15, 21-15	0:48
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Laciga/Schnider	21	21-16, 25-23	0:48
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	20-22, 21-9, 15-13	1:14
Lead the series against # 10 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Schnider	10	Schacht/Slack	7	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 11 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	15	Heuscher/Heyer	14	21-19, 21-17	0:44
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Laciga/Schnider	16	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kais/Vesik	12	Laciga/Schnider	21	21-16, 21-16	0:37
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Laciga/Schnider	15	Kais/Vesik	18	21-12, 17-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 14 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Schnider	18	Baracetti/Conde	7	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	1:05
Trail the series against # 15 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-2
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Laciga/Schnider	16	21-15, 16-21, 24-22	1:03
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
8/13/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool E	Laciga/Schnider	20	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	21-17, 21-13	0:42
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	14	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	21-14, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
9/29/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Laciga/Schnider	18	Boersma/Ronnes	14	15-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 24 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Gosch/Horst	11	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:02