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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(10) Nikolas Berger/Florian Gosch, Austria

Nikolas Berger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

198 cm (6'5")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$183,857.50

Florian Gosch
Austria

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1980 (44 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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$3,000.00

Previous Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2003	Did not play	Bernhard Strauss - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	10	25th	54	US$3,000.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool C

Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (15)

Lost 14-21, 13-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	16	8	0	0.500	0	9	1	1
	1	16	8	0	0.500	0	9	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Florian Gosch	Total	35	12	0	0.343	2	3	0	0
	1	35	12	0	0.343	2	3	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool C

Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (22)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	21	9	0	0.429	0	12	2	3
	1	21	9	0	0.429	0	12	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Florian Gosch	Total	32	12	0	0.375	6	6	0	0
	1	32	12	0	0.375	6	6	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool C

Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	21	13	0	0.619	0	15	1	3
	1	21	13	0	0.619	0	15	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Florian Gosch	Total	33	13	0	0.394	1	5	0	1
	1	33	13	0	0.394	1	5	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	58	30	0	0.517	0	36	4	7
Florian Gosch	100	37	0	0.370	9	14	0	1
Total	158	67	0	0.424	9	50	4	8
Opponents	151	73	0	0.483	13	55	4	7

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Did not play
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Oliver Stamm - 9th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Oliver Stamm - 9th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Clemens Doppler - 17th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Clemens Doppler - 25th	Bernhard Strauss - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Alexander Horst - 9th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Did not play	Alexander Horst - 5th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Alexander Horst - 9th

Head to Head Results
Berger/Gosch trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Berger/Gosch	10	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Holdren/Metzger	26	Berger/Gosch	10	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 15 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Bosma/Herrera	15	Berger/Gosch	10	21-14, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Prosser/Williams	23	Berger/Gosch	10	21-19, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Berger/Gosch	10	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22	21-17, 21-17	0:46