Stefanie Schwaiger

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Stefanie Schwaiger
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Schwaiger in 2008
Personal information
Born (1986-08-07) 7 August 1986 (age 33)
Allentsteig, Austria
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Doris Schwaiger

Stefanie Schwaiger (born 7 August 1986) is a female beach volleyball player from Austria.

She is the sister of Doris Schwaiger, and they are the team Schwaiger – Schwaiger in international beach volleyball. The sisters, born a year apart, represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. They finished 5th in both tournaments. [1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics they lost 2 – 0 to Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China in the quarterfinals while at the 2012 Summer Olympics they lost in the quarterfinals 2-0 to Zhang Xi and Xue Chen, also of China. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stefanie Schwaiger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  2. "Beach volleyball women's results – Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  3. "Beach volleyball women's results – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-03-20.