Markus Dieckmann

Markus Dieckmann
portrait
birthday	7th January 1976
place of birth	Bonn , Germany
size	1.89 m
partner	1996–2000 Christoph Dieckmann 2000 Drazen Slacanin 2001–2005 Jonas Reckermann
successes
1998 - German runner-up in 2000 - German runner-up in 2001 - 7th place in EM 2001 - German champion 2002 - European champion 2002 - German runner-up 2003 - runner-up European champion 2004 - Grand Slam in Berlin 2004 - European champion 2004 - victory Rio de Janeiro Open 2004 - 9. 3rd place Olympic Games Athens 2005 - 3rd place EM 2005 - German champion
(As of September 13, 2011)

Markus Dieckmann (born January 7, 1976 in Bonn ) is a former German beach volleyball player, active trainer and businessman.

Career

The 1.89 m tall Dieckmann has played beach volleyball since the early 1990s, initially with his twin brother Christoph Dieckmann , and from 2001 to 2006 with Jonas Reckermann . With Reckermann he was twice European champion and twice German champion . In 2006 Markus Dieckmann retired from active competitive sport due to an injury and then initially trained his brother and the women's team Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich . From 2007 to 2009 he directed the Dieckmann Beach School in Niederkassel .

Since then he has been part of the coaching team of beach volleyball world champions and Olympic champions Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann .

His main job is as managing director and marketing manager in a sporting goods company (direct ball sports).

Private

Markus Dieckmann is a son of the former Lord Mayor of Bonn Bärbel Dieckmann ( SPD ) and the former NRW Justice and Finance Minister Jochen Dieckmann (SPD). He has been married to the former beach volleyball player Maike Friedrichsen since 2004 and has two children.

Web links

• Portrait on beach-volleyball.de
• Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Markus Dieckmann in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )