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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 (51 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 (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

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
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Florian Gosch - 17th	Nikolas Berger - 17th
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

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nikolas Berger												Florian Gosch
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	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,875.00
19	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	3	0	$52,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	3	0	$60,725.00
72	0	0	1	1	8	18	21	11	0	$115,982.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	0	$92,575.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,150.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	Goodwill Games
100	0	0	1	2	12	27	28	15	0	$183,857.50	Total	106	1	0	2	3	6	20	26	16	0	$172,325.00

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,000.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,000.00	1	4	20.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nikolas Berger													Florian Gosch
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$1,000.00	1995	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,250.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	1998	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$9,500.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	1	$18,250.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	1	$21,250.00	2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$19,282.50	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
10	0	0	1	2	1	5	1	0	0	$41,000.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$16,875.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	$4,000.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
80	0	0	1	2	9	19	22	13	14	$132,307.50	Total	Total	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	20	$8,575.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%
2003-2004	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

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