Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers
Todd Rogers at the Prague Open 2011
portrait
birthday	September 30, 1973
place of birth	Santa Barbara , USA
size	1.87 m
partner	1997–2001 Dax Holdren 2001–2005 Sean Scott 2005–2012 Phil Dalhausser 2013 Ryan Doherty 2014 Theodore Brunner 2015–2016 Stafford Slick
successes
2001 - 5th place in the World Championship in 2005 - 7th place in the World Championship in 2007 - World Champion 2008 - Olympic Champion 2009 - World Championship third in 2010 - FIVB Tour Champion 2012 - Olympic ninth
(As of July 19, 2016)

Todd Jonathan Rogers (born September 30, 1973 in Santa Barbara ) is an American beach volleyball player , Olympic champion and world champion.

Career

Todd Rogers started his beach volleyball career with Dax Holdren in 1995. In 1997 he was voted Rookie of the Year . In 1998 the two Californians won their first AVP tournament, and in 1999 they achieved another victory. In addition to two AVP tournaments, Rogers / Holdren 2000 also won their first (and only) FIVB tournament in Rosarito, Mexico , where they were seeded in 32nd position. 2001 saw the last joint victory for the Californian duo, after which they finished fifth at the Beach Volleyball World Championship in Klagenfurt .
With his new partner Sean Scott , Todd Rogers won a victory on the AVP tour in 2004, followed by three more in 2005. The Californian competed with Phil Dalhausser for the first time at the World Championships in Berlin, and the two finished seventh. In 2006 the two succeeded in winning the FIVB tournament in Klagenfurt, which they followed in 2007 with the world championship title . For the first time in the men's race, the winner was not from South America. In addition, Dalhausser / Rogers reached the semi-finals in all seventeen AVP tournaments they contested, ten times they were at the top of the podium. In 2008 the two Americans were able to improve this performance. In addition to their Olympic gold medal in Beijing in 2008 , they won eleven AVP events and four FIVB events. 2009 was not quite as successful for Rogers / Dalhausser, after a defeat in the semifinals against the Germans Brink / Reckermann , the Americans were able to secure the bronze medal at the World Championships in Stavanger , there were also eight AVP and two FIVB successes.

2010

The two professionals from North America built on their successes of previous years in the first tournaments of the year. They won the Brasilia Open , the Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam and the Mysłowice Open (after winning the semifinals over their successors as world champions Brink / Reckermann), only in Shanghai they only managed to finish 4th. At the Moscow Open , Rogers / Dalhausser lost the final against the Chinese Wu / Xu, but in the Czech Republic they were number one again after beating the Brazilians Emanuel / Alison . After a semi-final defeat in Stavanger, as they did at the World Cup last year, again against a German team, the Americans were able to retaliate in the final of the next tournament in Switzerland with a 2-0 win over their conquerors from Norway and after their success over Klemperer / Koreng have already received the fifth gold medal of the year. The Olympic champions achieved their sixth tournament victory in Klagenfurt after defeating Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti in the semifinals and their American compatriots Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena in the final. At the end of the season, Dalhausser / Rogers were named "FIVB Tour Champion".

2011

After victories at the World Tour in Brasilia and Shanghai , Dalhausser / Rogers finished in second place in Prague . At the World Cup in Rome they failed in the round of 16 against Brink / Reckermann. This was the only event of the year in which the athletes from the United States participated and did not finish in the top eight teams. At the following tournament in Norway , Rogers and Dalhausser took fifth place as well as at the event in Beijing , which took place right before the world championships. These three events and the last two tournaments of the season in which the Olympic champions did not start remained the only ones in 2011 without a medal. Then the reigning Tour Champions reached the final in Gstaad , finished third in Moscow and won the tournaments in Canada and Poland . They finished bronze at the Grand Slam in Klagenfurt before finishing their season as silver medalists at the Åland Open and second in the overall ranking of the year.

2012

After two wins at the Brasila Open and the Grand Slam in Shanghai , Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser only finished ninth at the 2012 Olympic Games in London after a 2-0 defeat in the round of 16 against the Italians Nicolai / Lupo . In the World Tour of the same year, the two Americans took bronze twice at the Prague Open and at the last tournament of the season in Stare Jablonki . They also reached the semi-finals at the events in Gstaad and Klagenfurt .

2013

In 2013, Todd Rogers played with the 2.15 m tall American Ryan Doherty . However , Rogers / Doherty were not very successful on the FIVB Tour .

2014

For the 2014 season, the now 40-year-old Todd Rogers formed a duo with Theodore Brunner . The new team also started on the FIVB Tour and finished third in the Long Beach Grand Slam.

2015/2016

In 2015 Rodgers played with Stafford Slick , at whose side he retired in July 2016 at the AVP tournament in Manhattan Beach .

Awards

• 1997 - AVP Rookie of the Year
• 2004 - AVP Best Defensive Player
• 2005 - AVP Best Defensive Player
• 2005 - FIVB Best Setter
• 2006 - AVP Most Valuable Player
• 2006 - AVP Best Defensive Player
• 2006 - FIVB Best Defensive Player
• 2007 - AVP Best Defensive Player
• 2007 - AVP Team of the Year (with Phil Dalhausser)
• 2007 - FIVB Best Defensive Player
• 2008 - AVP Best Defensive Player (Defender)
• 2008 - AVP Team of the Year (with Phil Dalhausser)
• 2008 - FIVB Best Defensive Player
• 2008 - FIVB Most Inspirational
• 2009 - USA Volleyball Male Beach Athlete of the Year
• 2009 - AVP Team of the Year (with Phil Dalhausser)
• 2010 - FIVB Best Defensive Player
• 2010 - FIVB Tour Champion (with Phil Dalhausser)

Private

Heidi and David Rogers are the parents of Todd Jonathan, who has a brother named Dean. Rogers attended San Marcos High School in his native Santa Barbara and then the University of California, Santa Barbara . Here he received his doctorate in religious studies in 1996. From 2000 to 2005, the Californian was assistant coach of the men's volleyball team at his home university. Todd Rogers is married to Melissa Masonheimer Rogers, they have a daughter Hannah and a son Nate.

Web links

• Todd Rogers' official website (English)
• Todd Rogers in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Profile at the world association FIVB (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2013/January/23/US-Beach-Update-Rogers-Doherty-Embrace-Change.aspx
2. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/RO/Todd-Rogers.aspx