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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 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aarberg

Resides:

Deceased August 22, 2023

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 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oensingen

Resides:

Bern

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	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	21	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	16	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	17	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	15	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	14	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	15	7	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	8	5	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	15	25	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	18	4	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	16	13	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	17	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	28, Q2	7	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	28, Q6	17	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q10	41	24	US$0.00

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

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

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

Head to Head Results
Laciga/Schnider trail the series against the field 11-19

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