Eric Koreng
Eric Koreng (born 16 May 1981 in Stralsund ) is a German beach volleyball player.
Career
Koreng began in 1992 with the volleyball in the hall. In 2000, he joined the beach volleyball. With Marcus Popp, he played his first international tournaments and was in Poland in 2003 Vice European Champion Under 23. 2005 Koreng first played with David Klemperer. At the World Championships in Berlin, they did not come on the 25th square. The following year, he finished with his new partner Kay Matysik the 13th place at the European Championship. As Klemperer 2007 replacement for the diseased bronze medalist Kjell Schneider sought, the duo came together and was immediately successful. In the German Cup, she was 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. At the end of the 2011 season Eric Koreng was honored as best Aufschläger of the year the FIVB tour. After a fifth place in 2012 at the Grand Slam in Berlin David Klemperer ended his beach volleyball career. With the new partner Alexander Walkenhorst Eric Koreng was then German vice-champion. Since June 2013 Koreng plays together with Finn Dittelbach.
Private
Koreng is Hauptgefreiter in sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Warendorf and student of Sport and Education.