Phil Dalhausser

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Phil Dalhausser
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Dalhausser in 2007
Personal information
Full namePhilip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser
NicknameThe Thin Beast, The Beachfront Freak
NationalityAmerican
Born (1980-01-26) January 26, 1980 (age 44)
Baden, Aargau, Switzerland
Hometown Ventura, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
College / University UCF
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Beach
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Gstaad Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Stavanger Beach
World Tour Finals
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Hamburg Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Fort Lauderdale Beach
World Tour
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Austria Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Paris Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Stavanger Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Moscow Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Marseille Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Klagenfurt Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Brasília Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Rome Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Myslowice Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Patria Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Gstaad Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Klagenfurt Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Stare Jabłonki Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Otera Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 PAF Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Brasília Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Shanghai Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Québec Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Stare Jabłonki Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Brasilia Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Shanghai Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Rome Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Long Beach Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Stavanger Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Gstaad Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Long Beach Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Xiamen Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Puerto Vallarta Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Maceió Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Fuzhou Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Hamburg Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Moscow Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Gstaad Beach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Fort Lauderdale Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Croatia Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Brazil Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Berlin Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Moscow Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Prague Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Gstaad Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 PAF Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 São Paulo Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 The Hague Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Long Beach Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Sochi Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Doha Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Gstaad Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Long Beach Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Doha Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Mexico Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Berlin Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Adelaide Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Italian Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Stavanger Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Moscow Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Klagenfurt Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Prague Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Stare Jabłonki Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Moscow Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Cincinnati Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Fort Lauderdale Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Cancún Beach
President George W. Bush poses with Dalhausser and teammate Todd Rogers as he visited the practice session Saturday, August 9, 2008, at Beijing's Chaoyang Park prior to their first matches at the 2008 Summer Olympics. George W Bush with Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser.jpg
President George W. Bush poses with Dalhausser and teammate Todd Rogers as he visited the practice session Saturday, August 9, 2008, at Beijing's Chaoyang Park prior to their first matches at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Philip Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is an American former professional beach volleyball player, who played as a blocker. [1] He and his former playing partner, Todd Rogers, were the 2007 AVP Tour and FIVB world champions.

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Dalhausser and Rogers dominated both the domestic US tour and now the FIVB international tour, winning #1 team honors on both tours in 2010. Dalhausser and Rogers were Olympic gold medalists at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.

In 2023, Dalhausser was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. [2]

Personal life

Dalhausser was born in Baden, Aargau, Switzerland, to a German father, Peter, and a Swiss mother, Marianne. He now calls his hometown Lake Nona, Florida. He attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida. Dalhausser did not start playing volleyball until his senior year in high school.

He attended the University of Central Florida and joined Lambda Chi Alpha, where he was named "Most Valuable Player" and received the William G. Morgan Award for most outstanding player. He earned a business degree at UCF and played for the club volleyball team. [3] After college, he worked for a concrete company and then worked a short time for a firm that painted stripes on Florida highways. [4]

In 2011, Dalhausser married Jennifer Corral, who was also a professional beach volleyball player. The couple have two children. [5]

Volleyball career

AVP

Dalhausser has previously teamed up with Nick Lucena.

At 6'9" (206 cm), Dalhausser led the 2005–2010 AVP tour in blocks. In 2005, he was sixth in kill percentage. [3]

In 2006, Dalhausser teamed up with Todd Rogers. Rogers, an 11-year veteran of professional beach volleyball, thought he needed someone to help him get to the next level and believed Dalhausser had the potential to become the best player in the world. Rogers plays two roles, both partner and coach to Dalhausser. [6]

In 2007, Dalhausser and Rogers won the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Gstaad, Switzerland, becoming the first U.S. beach team to win the gold medal at the tournament.

Olympics

Dalhausser qualified for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics to represent the United States with his teammate Todd Rogers by being the top seeded American team through the international qualification process.

Dalhausser and Rogers had a record of 6–1 in their first Olympics, being upset in their opening match by 23rd-ranked Latvia. [7] They proceeded to win the rest of their games, coming back from 6–0 in the third set to beat 20th-seeded Switzerland.

Dalhausser and Rogers won the gold medal match two sets to one against Márcio Araújo and Fabio Luiz Magalhães of Brazil. Newly crowned women's beach volleyball champions and compatriots Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh were watching from the stands in the final. Dalhausser made nine blocks in the championship match, with five coming in the deciding third set, putting the US up to a 9–1 lead and eventually winning it 15–4. Dalhausser was named tournament MVP. This made the United States the only country to win gold medals in men's and women's beach volleyball at the same Olympics. [6]

Dalhausser and Rogers failed to defend their gold medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The pair was ousted in the round of 16 by the young Italian team of Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo, losing in straight sets for the first time in their Olympic careers.

Dalhausser paired up with Nick Lucena for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, winning their debut match against Tunisia in straight sets. [8]

At the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena made it into the quarterfinals match, where they played against Brazil's top-ranked team of 6-foot-8 Alison "The Mammoth" Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt. There they were eliminated by a 2-1 (21-14, 12–21, 15-9) scoreline, by the hometown's favorite team. [9]

Dalhausser and Lucena made it again to the 2020 Olympics, where they finished 9th after a 1-2 against Cherif/Ahmed from Qatar. After the Olympic tournament, Dalhausser decided to retire from professional beach volleyball on the international circuit. [10]

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  2. ↑ Feuer, Tom (May 22, 2023). "2023 Volleyball Hall class includes Phil Dalhausser, Larissa, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Yumilka Ruiz". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
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  4. ↑ "Phil Dalhausser Biography". TV Guide . Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
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  6. 1 2 Ackerman, Jon (August 21, 2008). "Rogers becoming May/Walsh like". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
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Positions and awards
Sporting positions
Preceded by Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner
alongside Flag of the United States.svg Todd Rogers
2010		Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker"
2006–2008		Succeeded by
Flag of Germany.svg  Jonas Reckermann  (GER)
Preceded by
Flag of Germany.svg  Jonas Reckermann  (GER)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker"
2010		Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker"
2012		Succeeded by
Preceded by Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker"
2014		Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
Preceded by
Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Nicolai  (ITA)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker"
2017		Succeeded by
Flag of Norway.svg  Anders Mol  (NOR)
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Emanuel Rego  (BRA)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Hitter"
2007–2010		Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo Santos  (BRA)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker"
2008–2010		Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker"
2012		Succeeded by
Preceded by Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker"
2017		Succeeded by
Flag of Norway.svg  Anders Mol  (NOR)
Preceded by
Flag of Germany.svg  Eric Koreng  (GER)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Server"
2014		Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Evandro Oliveira  (BRA)
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Márcio Araújo  (BRA)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Setter"
2009–2012		Succeeded by
Preceded by Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Setter"
2014–2016		Succeeded by
Flag of Poland.svg  Bartosz Łosiak  (POL)
Preceded by Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved"
2006		Succeeded by
Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitri Barsouk  (RUS)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Linyin  (CHN)
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Harley Marques  (BRA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Richard Schuil  (NED)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding"
2010		Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Emanuel Rego  (BRA)
Preceded by
Flag of the United States.svg  Sean Rosenthal  (USA)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding"
2013–2014		Succeeded by
Preceded by Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding"
2017		Succeeded by
Flag of Norway.svg  Anders Mol  (NOR)
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Franco Neto  (BRA)
 Men's FIVB World Tour "Sportsperson"
2008		Succeeded by
Flag of Estonia.svg  Rivo Vesik  (EST)
Preceded by Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year"
alongside Flag of the United States.svg Todd Rogers
2010		Succeeded by
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