Phil Dalhausser

Phil Dalhausser
Dalhausser in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Philip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser
Nickname	The Thin Beast, The Beachfront Freak
Born	(1980-01-26) January 26, 1980 Baden, Aargau, Switzerland
Hometown	Ventura, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
College / University	UCF
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate 2015–present Nick Lucena
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 "Phil" Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is a Swiss-born American professional beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. 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.

Personal life

Dalhausser was born in Baden, Aargau, Switzerland, to a German father, Peter, and a Swiss mother, Marianne. He now calls his hometown Ventura, California. 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. After college, he worked for a concrete company and then worked a short time for a firm that painted stripes on Florida highways.

In 2011, Dalhausser married Jennifer Corral, who was also a professional beach volleyball player. The couple have two children.

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.

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 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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Team USA (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)