Markus Dieckmann (born 7 January 1976 in

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) is a retired professional beach volleyball player from

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, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. There he ended up in ninth place in the overall-rankings. Partnering

Jonas Reckermann Jonas Reckermann (born 26 May 1979 in Rheine) is a retired beach volleyball player from Germany. Together with his most recent partner Julius Brink, he won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which, along with Laura Ludwig an ...

he twice won the gold medal at the European Beach Volleyball Championships, in 2002 and 2004. His twin brother Christoph Dieckmann also played as a professional beach volleyball player on the international tour.

Playing partners

* Christoph Dieckmann *

Julius Brink Julius Brink (born 6 July 1982 in Münster) is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2006 European Beach Volleyball Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, partnering Christo ...

* Erik Schmidt * Drazan Slacanin

References

Markus Dieckmann
at the

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1976 births Living people German men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of Germany Sportspeople from Bonn Twin sportspeople German twins {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub