Clemens Doppler (born 6 September 1980) is a
beach volleyball player from
Austria
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.
He and teammate
Peter Gartmayer
Peter Gartmayer (born February 25, 1978) is a beach volleyball player from Austria.
He and teammate Robert Nowotny represented Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Four years later, he and teammate Clemens Doppler represented ...
represented Austria at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing, China
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. Although he qualified for the
2004 Summer Olympics, an injury kept him out and he was replaced by
Florian Gosch.
After the
2008 Summer Olympics, Doppler played with partner Matthias Mellitzer from 2009 until the end of the end of the 2011 season. On 21 October 2011 Doppler and Mellitzer announced their split. Media and the press speculated that Doppler will team up with fellow Beach Volleyballer
Alexander Horst
Alexander Horst (born 20 December 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 W ...
who also announced his split with one-year partner Daniel Müllner in October 2011.
He and Horst did team up for the
2012 Summer Olympics, where they were eliminated in the preliminary round.
Sponsors
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External links
Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site
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
Austrian beach volleyball players
Olympic beach volleyball players of Austria
Men's beach volleyball players
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