Phil Dalhausser

Phil Dalhausser
Dalhausser in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Philip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser
Nickname	The Thin Beast, The Beachfront Freak
Nationality	American
Born	(1980-01-26) January 26, 1980 (age 44) Baden, Aargau, Switzerland
Hometown	Ventura, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
College / University	UCF
Medal record Men's beach volleyball Representing the   United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Beach World Championships 2007 Gstaad Beach 2009 Stavanger Beach World Tour 2006 Austria Beach 2008 France Beach 2008 Norway Beach 2008 Russia Beach 2006 Croatia Beach 2007 Brazil Beach 2008 Germany Beach 2006 Mexico Beach 2007 Germany Beach 2008 Australia Beach 2008 Italy Beach

President George W. Bush pauses 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.

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]

References

1. Evans, B.J. Hoeptner (December 26, 2017). "Dalhausser Continues on Successful Road". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
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.
3. " "Phil Dalhausser". UCFAthletics.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
4. "Phil Dalhausser Biography". TV Guide . Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
5. Levine, Daniel S. (August 7, 2016). "Phil Dalhausser: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com . Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
6. Ackerman, Jon (August 21, 2008). "Rogers becoming May/Walsh like". NBCOlympics.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
7. Evans, B.J. Hoeptner (August 9, 2008). "Dalhausser, Rogers upset by Latvian duo". USA Volleyball. Archived from the original on August 13, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
8. "Dalhausser, Lucena win in Olympic debut as new partners". NBC Olympics. August 7, 2016. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
9. Wyshynski, Greg (August 15, 2016). "Dalhausser, Lucena eliminated by 'Mammoth' effort from Brazil". Sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023.
10. "Gold medalist, 4-time beach volleyball Olympian Phil Dalhausser retires". ESPN . August 1, 2021. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

External links

• Phil Dalhausser at FIVB beach volleyball database
• Phil Dalhausser at Beach Volleyball Database
• Phil Dalhausser at Olympics.com
• Phil Dalhausser at Olympedia
• Phil Dalhausser at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
• Phil Dalhausser at the Association of Volleyball Professionals (archive 2008-08-10)
• Phil Dalhausser Photo Gallery: Domination by the Thin Beast at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-11-01)
• PhilDalhausser.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-10-03)

Positions and awards
Sporting positions
Preceded by   Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann  (GER)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Todd Rogers 2010	Succeeded by   Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego  (BRA)
Awards
Preceded by   Fábio Luiz Magalhães  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2006–2008	Succeeded by   Jonas Reckermann  (GER)
Preceded by   Jonas Reckermann  (GER)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2010	Succeeded by   Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
Preceded by   Alison Cerutti  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2012	Succeeded by   Pedro Solberg Salgado  (BRA)
Preceded by   Pedro Solberg Salgado  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2014	Succeeded by   Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
Preceded by   Paolo Nicolai  (ITA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2017	Succeeded by   Anders Mol  (NOR)
Preceded by   Emanuel Rego  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Hitter" 2007–2010	Succeeded by   Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
Preceded by   Ricardo Santos  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker" 2008–2010	Succeeded by   Alison Cerutti  (BRA)
Preceded by   Alison Cerutti  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker" 2012	Succeeded by   Jānis Šmēdiņš  (LAT)
Preceded by   Jānis Šmēdiņš  (LAT)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker" 2017	Succeeded by   Anders Mol  (NOR)
Preceded by   Eric Koreng  (GER)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Server" 2014	Succeeded by   Evandro Oliveira  (BRA)
Preceded by   Márcio Araújo  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Setter" 2009–2012	Succeeded by   Jānis Šmēdiņš  (LAT)
Preceded by   Jānis Šmēdiņš  (LAT)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Setter" 2014–2016	Succeeded by   Bartosz Łosiak  (POL)
Preceded by   Fábio Luiz Magalhães  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved" 2006	Succeeded by   Dmitri Barsouk  (RUS)   Xu Linyin  (CHN)
Preceded by   Harley Marques  (BRA)   Richard Schuil  (NED)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2010	Succeeded by   Emanuel Rego  (BRA)
Preceded by   Sean Rosenthal  (USA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2013–2014	Succeeded by   Bruno Oscar Schmidt  (BRA)
Preceded by   Bruno Oscar Schmidt  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2017	Succeeded by   Anders Mol  (NOR)
Preceded by   Franco Neto  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Sportsperson" 2008	Succeeded by   Rivo Vesik  (EST)
Preceded by   Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann  (GER)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Todd Rogers 2010	Succeeded by   Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego  (BRA)