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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(26) Florian Gosch/Bernhard Strauss, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leoben

Resides:

Vienna

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

Bernhard Strauss
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1975 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Resides:

Elsbethen

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Lopar Island 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	10	1	11	4	US$65,200.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,500.00
Overall	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	10	1	11	4	US$72,700.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	Q11	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/8-11/2004	Croatia Challenger	2	3	48	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	Q15	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q20	41	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	29, Q19	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	22, Q3	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q19	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q22	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q19	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	31, Q16	25	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	5	4	42	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q22	41	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q18	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q25	41	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q22	57	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q30	57	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q24	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q22	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	30, Q5	25	30	US$1,650.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Harley Marques / Fred Souza, Brazil (7)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:44
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 1	Iver Horrem / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (10)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:38

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Strauss trail the series against the field 1-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	4	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q19	21-15, 21-9	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Marques/Souza, Brazil 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Marques/Souza	7	Gosch/Strauss	26	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Horrem/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Kjemperud	10	Gosch/Strauss	26	22-20, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kais/Vesik	3	Gosch/Strauss	5	24-22, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	Gosch/Strauss	Q19	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	Q24	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q56	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q6	Gosch/Strauss	Q11	21-13, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 28 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 0-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q14	Gosch/Strauss	Q19	21-19, 21-15	0:43