Patrick Heuscher

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Patrick Heuscher Volleyball (beach)
Grand Slam Moscow 2011, Set 3 - 005 (cropped) .jpg
portrait
birthday 22nd December 1976
place of birth Frauenfeld , Switzerland
size 1.94 m
partner Jefferson Bellaguarda
World ranking Position 5 (2011)
successes
2004 - Olympic bronze
2004 - European bronze medal
2004 - World Tour Gstaad
2005 - Vice European Champion
2005 - World Tour Paris
2006 - European bronze
2006 - World Tour Roseto
2009 - CEV Gran Canaria
2011 - 3rd place Grand Slam Beijing
2011 - 2nd place Grand Slam Moscow
2012 - 9th place Olympic Games London
(As of September 27, 2012)

Patrick Heuscher (born December 22, 1976 in Frauenfeld ) is a former Swiss beach volleyball player.

Career

Heuscher started his volleyball career at VC Smash Winterthur . There he met Stefan Kobel , with whom he formed a beach volleyball duo from 1996. Her greatest achievement was winning the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics . In the same year they won the world series tournament in Gstaad and came third in the European championship . The following year they moved into the European Championship finals and were successful on the World Tour in Paris . In 2006, in addition to winning the tournament in Roseto degli Abruzzi, they achieved another third place at the European Championship .

In addition, the Heuscher / Kobel team was also five times Swiss champions (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005). The Heuscher / Kobel duo was named Swiss Team of the Year in 2004.

After Kobel's career ended, Sascha Heyer became Heuscher's new partner. The duo, trained by Jürgen Wagner, finished ninth and fifth at the 2007 and 2008 European Championships . At the Olympic Games in Beijing, Heuscher / Heyer retired as third in the group after the preliminary round. After four years together, the Heyer-Heuscher duo separated at the end of 2010 for sporting reasons. Heuscher tackled the Olympic Games 2012 goal together with Jefferson Bellaguarda . In August 2011 Heuscher / Bellaguarda reached fourth place at the European Championships in Kristiansand .

In 2012, Bellaguarda split after finishing ninth in the XXX. Summer Olympics in London by Heuscher and ended his professional sports career . Heuscher followed suit with his resignation in April 2013.

Heuscher was an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article in the NZZ of September 27, 2012 on retiring from professional sport
  2. ↑ The last of the old guard leaves. In: 20 minutes from April 12, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Heuscher, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd December 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Frauenfeld , Switzerland