Paul Laciga
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| Born | 24 November 1970 (age 53) Bern, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Laciga (born 24 November 1970 in Bern) is a beach volleyball player from Switzerland who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Sascha Heyer. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 (Sydney, Australia).[1]
Laciga and his younger brother Martin (born 1975) teamed from 1995 through 2004 to place fifth in two Olympics (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004) while competing together in four FIVB World Championships (1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003) and the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York City. The Swiss brothers won six international gold medals (five SWATCH titles and a 1997 FIVB Challenge crown in the Czech Republic).
Laciga earned FIVB World Championship silver medals with his brother in 1997 in Marseille, France, and with Sascha Heyer in 2005 at Berlin. Sandwiched between bronze (1997 Italy) and silver medal finishes (2001 Italy, and 2002 Switzerland), the Lacigas captured three-straight European continental championships (1998 Greece, 1999 Majorca and 2000 Spain).
Playing partners
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Laciga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- Homepage about Paul Laciga
- Homepage about Paul Laciga's new business
- Paul Laciga at the Beach Volleyball Database
External links
[edit]- Paul Laciga at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Paul Laciga at Olympedia
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Swiss beach volleyball players
- Men's beach volleyball players
- Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Switzerland
- Sportspeople from Bern
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Swiss sportspeople stubs
- European volleyball biography stubs