Patrick Heuscher (born 22 December 1976 in
Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld (Alemannic German, Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Thurgau, Thurgau in Switzerland.
The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) Swiss Standard Ge ...
) is a Swiss
beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...
player. With his partner
Stefan Kobel he won the bronze medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
. Between 2007 and 2011 he teamed with
Sascha Heyer
Sascha Heyer (born 21 July 1972 in Zürich) is a beach volleyball player from Switzerland who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, with partner Paul Laciga. ...
, they finished 17th at the
Beijing Olympics.
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 ...
he teamed with
Jefferson Bellaguarda.
They reached the round of 16.
References
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Heuscher's website
1976 births
Living people
Swiss beach volleyball players
Men's beach volleyball players
Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic beach volleyball players for Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
Sportspeople from Frauenfeld
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
21st-century Swiss sportsmen
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