David Klemperer

David Klemperer ( born June 22, 1980 in Kiel, Germany ) is a former German beach volleyball player.

Career

Klemperer began in 1991 with the volleyball in the hall and moved in 1995 to the beach volleyball. With Niklas Rademacher 1999 he became vice- champion of Europe U19. The following year he won with Jonas Reckermann the U23 European Championships in Italy. He then played back together with Rademacher. The duo was founded in 2001 and 2004, third in the German Championship. At the World Cup in 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, they finished ninth. In 2004, she also reached fourth place at the European Championships and a second place at the World Tour tournament in Stavanger. First time in 2005 was Eric Koreng his partner, with whom he did not come on the 25th place out at the World Championships in Berlin. With Kjell Schneider Klemperer 2006 was third in the German Championship and fifth in the championship. When his partner had to retire for health reasons, the duo Klemperer / Koreng came together and was immediately successful. In the German Cup, they were also third parties such as at the European Championships in Valencia and the World Championships in Gstaad, they finished in ninth place. At the World Tour events in Berlin and Klagenfurt they were second. Special attention was Koreng at the finale of Berlin bestowed, where he suffered a circulatory collapse in the third set because of the heat and was carried by his Brazilian opponent Fabio Luiz off. 2008, trained by Gerald Maronde duo took third place at the World Tour tournament in Paris. The second German team to Klemperer / Koreng qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing, where they reached the quarter-finals. They were then German champions with a 2-1 victory against the defending champions Julius Brink and Christoph Dieckmann for the first time. Other highlights in the career of Klemperer / Koreng were a victory at the Grand Slam in Stavanger and a second place in the Grand Slam in Gstaad 2010. 2012 ended Klemperer his career as a beach volleyball player with a fifth place in Berlin.

Private

Klemperer studied business administration at the Christian- Albrechts- University in Kiel.