Kay Matysik (born 18 June 1980, in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

) is a German male

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player. He competed for Germany at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

with team-mate Jonathan Erdmann. They were knocked out in the last 16. The same pair won the bronze medal at the

2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships was a beach volleyball double-gender event, held from 1 to 7 July 2013 in Stare Jabłonki, Poland. The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships are organized every two years, and Poland ...

, beating former world champions

Alison Cerutti Alison Conte Cerutti (born 7 December 1985), known as Alison Cerutti or simply Alison, is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. He plays as a blocker. In 2011, along with Emanuel Rego he won the Swatch FIVB World Tour in Prague, Czech Republic. ...

and

Emanuel Rego Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian male former beach volleyball player who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Rego partnered with José Loiola at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, t ...

in the bronze medal match.

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1980 births Living people German men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Germany Volleyball players from Berlin 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub