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| Born | 13 February 1974 (age 49) Winterthur, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefan Kobel (born 13 February 1974 in Winterthur) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. With his partner Patrick Heuscher, he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the court. Each team also works in unison to prevent the opposing team from grounding the ball on their side of the court.
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Events from the year 1974 in Sweden
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The following articles list indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, snow volleyball and sitting volleyball records and statistics:
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