Alexander Horst

Alexander Horst ( born December 20, 1982 in Vienna, Austria ) is an Austrian beach volleyball player.

Career

Horst played from 2004 to 2006 together with Sebastian Göttlinger. Then Florian Gosch was his new partner. The duo was coached by Harald Dobeiner 2007 respectively ninth at the World Championships in Gstaad and the European Championships in Valencia, reaching five Top 10 finishes in FIVB tournaments. 2008 Gosch / Horst qualified for the Beijing Olympics and reached the quarterfinals there. Your biggest success so far achieved, the two Austrians at the 2009 European Championship in Sochi, as they the reigning world champions Julius Brink and Jonas Recker man defeated in the semi-finals and won the silver medal.

2010

In the Shanghai Open Alexander Horst and Florian Gosch occupied together with the Germans David Klemperer and Eric Koreng seventh place in the World Series in Marseille it was enough even for the small final, however, that the Austrians lost to Fijalek / Prudel and thus in the final standings of the occupied fourth place.

2011

In January 2011, Alexander Horst formed a beach volleyball duo with Daniel Muellner, because Florian Gosch had to end his career due to health problems at the knee. At the World Championships in Rome Horst / Muellner came as a group of third parties in the first major round in which they the Americans Fuerbringer / Lucena documents after three sets. In August, she started at the European Championship in Kristiansand, where they lost in the quarter- final against the Swiss Heuscher / Bellaguarda.

2012

2012 made Alexander Horst a beach volleyball duo Clemens Doppler. Doppler / Horst also participated in the Olympic Games in London.

2013

At the World Championships in Stare Jabłonki Doppler / Horst landed at number nine.

Private

Horst studied sports management.