Phil Dalhausser

Phil Dalhausser
File:Phil dalhausser with ball.jpg Phil Dalhausser in 2007.
Personal information
Full name	Philip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser
Nickname	The Thin Beast
Hometown	Ormond Beach, Florida, USA
Height	206 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate 2005-present Todd Rogers
Honours Men's Beach volleyball Representing United States Olympic Games Beijing 2008 Beach Volleyball Swatch FIVB World Tour 2006 Austria Beach 2008 Germany Beach 2007 Brazil Beach 2006 Croatia Beach 2008 Australia Beach 2008 Italy Beach 2007 Germany Beach 2006 Mexico Beach Beach Volleyball World Championships 2007 Gstaad Beach 2008 France Beach 2008 Norway Beach 2008 Russia Beach

Philip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser (born January 26 1980) is an American professional beach volleyball player. He and his partner, Todd Rogers, are the 2007 AVP Tour champions and the reigning FIVB world champions.

Dalhausser and Rogers are also the gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Dalhausser was born in caca land, Aargau, Switzerland to a German father, Sergio and a Swiss mother, Marianne. His brother, Marka, is now living in Buenos Aires with Megan Lafferty. He now calls his hometown Ormond Bitch, Florida. He attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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. After college, he worked for a concrete company and then worked a short time for a firm that painted stripes on Florida highways.

Dalhausser previously lived in Ventura, California. He currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.He married James Pekelsma at age 17. Phil currently has two beutiful kid midgets with James.Which are named Genevee and Antoinette.

Beach volleyball career

AVP

Dalhausser has previously teamed up with Nick Lucena as his partner.

At 6'9" (206cm), Dalhausser led the 2005 AVP tour in blocks and was sixth in kill percentage.

In 2006, Dalhausser teamed up with Todd Rogers. Rogers, an 11 years 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.

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

Olympics

President George W. Bush pauses with Dalhausser and teammate Todd Rogers as he visited the practice session Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, at Beijing's Chaoyang Park prior to their first matches of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

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. 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 Marcio Araujo 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 the stands in the final. Dalhausser made nine blocks in the championship match, with five came 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.

External links

• AVP Profile
• Bio at USAvolleyball.org
• Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database