Nils Ehlers

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Nils Ehlers
2022-08-20 European Championships 2022 - Beach Volleyball by Sandro Halank-034.jpg
Ehlers at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 31)
Berlin, Germany
Height211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Clemens Wickler
Honours
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Beach
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Netherlands Men's

Nils Ehlers (born 4 February 1994) is a German professional beach volleyball player. Together with teammate, Clemens Wickler, he is currently ranked number three on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking. [1]

Volleyball career

Ehlers began playing indoor volleyball in his home country in 2010 for TSV Spandau 1860. In 2014/15, the diagonal attacker played for the third division club Berliner VV. In the following season, he was active in the Bundesliga for Netzhoppers KW-Bestensee. [2] [3]

In 2024 together with Clemens Wickler, he won silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 European Championships.

References

  1. volleyballworld.com. "Men's Beach Volleyball World Ranking | Volleyball World". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  2. Matthias Penk (2015-10-12). "Bundesligen: Ein Rohdiamant für die Netzhoppers". volleyballer.de. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  3. Ninja Priesterjahn (8 September 2016). "Die kuriose Blitzkarriere des Nils Ehlers". Morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2019.