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Stefanie Schwaiger
Schwaiger in 2008
Personal information
Born (1986-08-07) August 7, 1986 (age 38)
Allentsteig, Austria
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Doris Schwaiger
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Austria
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Klagenfurt Beach

Stefanie Schwaiger (born August 7, 1986) is a female beach volleyball player from Austria.

She is the sister of Doris Schwaiger, and they are the team Schwaiger – Schwaiger in international beach volleyball. The sisters, born a year apart, represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. They finished 5th in both tournaments.[1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics they lost 2 – 0 to Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China in the quarterfinals while at the 2012 Summer Olympics they lost in the quarterfinals 2-0 to Zhang Xi and Xue Chen, also of China.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stefanie Schwaiger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  2. ^ "Beach volleyball women's results – Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  3. ^ "Beach volleyball women's results – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-03-20.