Phil Dalhausser
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Philip Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is an American professional beach volleyball player, who plays as a blocker.[1] 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. He announced he would retire from domestic play at the end of the 2025 season, but subsequently stated he would return to the sand. In 2023, Dalhausser was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[2]
Personal life
Dalhausser was born in Baden, Aargau, Switzerland, to a German father, Peter, and a Swiss mother, Marianne. He now calls his hometown Lake Nona, Florida. 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.[3] After college, he worked for a concrete company and then worked a short time for a firm that painted stripes on Florida highways.[4]
In 2011, Dalhausser married Jennifer Corral, who was also a professional beach volleyball player. The couple have two children.[5]
Volleyball career
AVP and FIVB
Dalhausser has previously teamed up with Nick Lucena.
At 6 ft 9 in (206 cm), Dalhausser led the 2005–2010 AVP tour in blocks. In 2005, he was sixth in kill percentage.[3]
In 2006, Dalhausser teamed up with Todd Rogers. Rogers, an 11-year 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.[6]
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.
He announced that 2025 will be his final season,[7] but just prior to winning the AVP league championship (alongside Trevor Crabb), Phil's wife posted that he will play again in the 2026 season.
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.[8] 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.[6]
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.[9]
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.[10]
Dalhausser and Lucena made it again to the Tokyo 2020 Summer 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.[11]
References
- ↑ Evans, B.J. Hoeptner (December 26, 2017). "Dalhausser Continues on Successful Road". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ↑ Feuer, Tom (May 22, 2023). "2023 Volleyball Hall class includes Phil Dalhausser, Larissa, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Yumilka Ruiz". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- 1 2 ""Phil Dalhausser". UCFAthletics.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ↑ "Phil Dalhausser Biography". TV Guide. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ↑ Levine, Daniel S. (August 7, 2016). "Phil Dalhausser: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- 1 2 Ackerman, Jon (August 21, 2008). "Rogers becoming May/Walsh like". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Olympic gold medalist Phil Dalhausser sets last season as professional beach volleyball player". NBC Sports. April 7, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
- ↑ Evans, B.J. Hoeptner (August 9, 2008). "Dalhausser, Rogers upset by Latvian duo". USA Volleyball. Archived from the original on August 13, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
- ↑ "Dalhausser, Lucena win in Olympic debut as new partners". NBC Olympics. August 7, 2016. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ↑ Wyshynski, Greg (August 15, 2016). "Dalhausser, Lucena eliminated by 'Mammoth' effort from Brazil". Sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023.
- ↑ "Gold medalist, 4-time beach volleyball Olympian Phil Dalhausser retires". ESPN. August 1, 2021. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
External links
- Phil Dalhausser at the Association of Volleyball Professionals (archive)
- Phil Dalhausser at FIVB.com
- Phil Dalhausser at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Phil Dalhausser at USA Volleyball
- Phil Dalhausser at Team USA (archive July 11, 2022)
- Phil Dalhausser at Olympics.com
- Phil Dalhausser at Olympedia
- Phil Dalhausser on Instagram
- Phil Dalhausser Photo Gallery: Domination by the Thin Beast at the Wayback Machine (archived November 1, 2013)
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside  Todd Rogers 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2006–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Hitter" 2007–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker" 2008–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker" 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker" 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Server" 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Setter" 2009–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Setter" 2014–2016 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved" 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2013–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Sportsperson" 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Todd Rogers 2010 |
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2008 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's beach, women's beach and men's indoor - gold medals, women's indoor - silver medal) | ||
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2012 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (women's indoor – silver medal, women's beach – gold & silver) | ||
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2016 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's indoor – bronze medal, women's indoor – bronze, women's beach – bronze) | ||
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2020 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (women's indoor – gold, women's beach – gold) | ||
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| Men's indoor | ||
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic beach volleyball players for the United States
- Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Mainland High School alumni
- University of Central Florida alumni
- Swiss emigrants to the United States
- Sportspeople from Baden, Switzerland
- Sportspeople from Ormond Beach, Florida
- Sportspeople from Ventura, California
- American men's beach volleyball players
- Beach volleyball blockers
- FIVB World Tour award winners
- Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball
- 21st-century American sportsmen