Alexander Horst

Alexander Horst
Personal information
Nickname	The Pterodactyl
Born	(1982-12-20) December 20, 1982 (age 34) Vienna, Austria
Hometown	Vienna
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 Kg
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate Clemens Doppler
Previous teammates
Teammate Tours (points) Daniel Müllner Florian Gosch Sebastian Goettlinger Simon Nausch 12 55 1 (2)
Honours Men's beach volleyball Representing  Austria Swatch FIVB World Tour 2012 Stare Jablonki Beach 2007 Aland Beach CEV Beach Volleyball Tour 2009 Sochi Beach

Alexander Horst (born December 20, 1982) is a beach volleyball player from Austria. He currently plays on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour with new partner Clemens Doppler. Horst found most success with partner Florian Gosch on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour, however a knee injury forced Florian Gosch into early retirement in the fall of 2010.

Horst and teammate Florian Gosch represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. His career highlights include a 5th place showing at the Beijing Games, a 2nd place at the 2009 European Beach Volleyball Championships in Sochi, Russia, and a 2nd place at the Stare Jablonki Grand Slam in Poland in 2012.

In his first full season playing with big blocker Gosch, the results were very positive including ninth-place positions at the Grand Slam in Stavenger, Norway, the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Gstaad, Switzerland and the European Beach Volleyball Championships in Spain. With 2 other 9th-place finishes at open tournaments along with a bronze medal at Åland, Finland, the team of Gosch-Horst was well on its way to olympic qualification.

A disappointing season with no top 10 finishes up until the olympic games in Beijing, China. In the games, they overcame possible elimination in the lucky loser bracket to post a very solid 5th-place finish in eventually losing to the Brazilian silver medalists, Marcio and Fabio.

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