Phil Dalhausser
Peter Philip Dalhausser ( born January 26, 1980 in Baden, Switzerland ) is an American beach volleyball player, Olympic champion and world champion.
Career
In 2003 Phil Dalhausser his beach volleyball career in Fort Lauderdale with Nick Lucena, however, the two have failed to qualify. As early as next year they reached at the AVP Tour for the first time the semi-finals and defeated amongst other things Karch Kiraly and his partner Mike Lambert. 2006 succeeded Dalhausser / Lucena 's first victory in the AVP, in the same year launched the neurologist at the FIVB tour with Todd Rogers. The two succeeded in winning the 2006 FIVB tournament in Klagenfurt, where they were followed in 2007 by the World Champion title. For the first time did not come from South America at the men's winner. In addition Dahlhausser / Rogers reached in all seventeen of them disputed AVP tournaments the semi-finals, ten times they were at the top of the podium. 2008, the two Americans were able to increase this performance yet. In addition to her Olympic gold medal in Beijing in 2008, they won eleven events of AVP and four of the FIVB. 2009 was for Rogers / Dalhausser not quite as successful, after a defeat in the semi-final against the Germans Brink / Recker man Americans could secure even the bronze medal at the World Championships in Stavanger, in addition, there were eight AVP and FIVB two successes.
2010
The two professionals from North America emulated their success in the past years with the first tournaments of the year. The Brasilia Open, the Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam and the Mysłowice Open, she won (after a semi-final victory over her successor as world champion Brinkmann / Recker man), only in Shanghai, there was only enough for fourth place. The Moscow Open Rogers / Dalhausser lost the final against the Chinese Wu / Xu, but in the Czech Republic they were again the number one after a victory over the Brazilians Emanuel / Alison. After a semi-final defeat in Stavanger as with the world championship last year against a German team, the Americans were able to return the favor in the final of the next tournament in Switzerland with a 2-0 win against their conquerors of Norway and after the success over Klemperer / Koreng already take the fifth gold medal of the year in reception. The sixth tournament victory reached the Olympic champion in Klagenfurt after they had defeated their American compatriots Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena in the semifinals Rego and Alison Cerutti and Emanue in the final. Dalhausser / Rogers was the overall winner of the Tour and selected in addition to the Team of the Year. Phil Dalhausser was also awarded as Best Blocker, Best Hitter, Best Offensive Player, Best Setter and Most Outstanding.
2011
After tournament victories at the World Tour in Brasilia and in Shanghai Dalhausser / Rogers landed in Prague in second place. At the world championships, the Americans failed to Julius Brink and Jonas Recker man already in the second round. This was the only event of the year on which the athletes participated from the United States and did not reach a place among the top eight teams. In the following tournament in Norway Dalhausser and Rogers also occupied the fifth place as in the event in Beijing, which took place just before the world championships. These three events and the last two tournaments of the season, where the Olympic champion refused to participate, were the only in 2011 without a medal. The reigning Champions Tour reached the final in Gstaad, were third in Moscow and won the tournaments in Canada and Poland. At the Grand Slam in Klagenfurt they occupied the bronze medal before they finished as silver medalist in the Åland Open and second in the overall standings of the year, their season. Phil Dalhausser was subsequently named the best setter of the Tour 2011.
2012
After two victories in the Brasila Open and the Grand Slam of Shanghai Phil Dalhausser ended up with Todd Rogers at the 2012 Olympic Games in London after a 0-2 loss in the second round against the Italians Nicolai / Lupo only to ninth place. In the world tour of the same year, the two Americans still occupied twice the bronze medal at the Prague Open and the last tournament of the season in Stare Jablonki. They also reached at the events in Gstaad and Klagenfurt the semifinals.
2013
Phil Dalhausser played from 2013 with Sean Rosenthal and won the open Fuzhou as well as the Grand Slam in Rome. At the World Championships in Stare Jabłonki Dalhausser / Rosenthal landed at number nine.
Private
The "Thin Beast" was born in 1980 as the son of German-speaking Swiss Marianne and the German Peter Dalhausser in Baden in Switzerland and spent his first year of life. With his brother Mark grew after Dalhausser in Ormond Beach on Florida. Subsequently, he attended high school in Daytona Beach, his main sports were tennis and baseball there, he played volleyball until his senior year. At the University of Central Florida Phil Dalhausser earned his doctorate in business administration. On October 16, 2011, he married Jennifer Corral, a former beach volleyball player of the AVP Tour.