Nikolas Berger

Nikolas Berger
Berger in 2010
Personal information
Nickname"Nik"
Nationality Austria
Born (1974-03-18) March 18, 1974 (age 50)
Salzburg, Austria
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Austria
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Alanya Beach

Nikolas "Nik" Berger (born March 18, 1974, in Salzburg) is an Austrian beach volleyball player.[1]

Berger began his career in indoor volleyball in 1986. Among his major achievements are the Austrian national championships runner-up with PLO/ASV Salzburg in 1992 and after he moved to the capital for playing with the club Donaukraft Vienna, he was four times Austrian champion and Austrian Cup winner. At the 1999 European Championship, play at home in Vienna, Berger finished his career in indoor volleyball.[2]

In 1993, he had also begun parallel career with the beach volleyball. With Oliver Stamm, Berger competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, but they lost to the Brazilian duo Zé Marco de Melo/Ricardo Santos.[3] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, he plays with Florian Gosch after an injury to his season partner Clemens Doppler.[4] A year earlier he won the European Championships with Doppler.[5]

After the 2005 season the duo Berger/Doppler went their separate ways.[6] Berger plays with Robert Nowotny until the 2008 season.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nik Berger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Berger/Doppler in nur zwei Jahren auf Europas Thron" (in German). News.at. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. ^ "FIVB World Tour/Open XXVII Olympic Games September 16 – 26, 2000 (17) Nikolas Berger/Oliver Stamm, Austria". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Austria Replaces Doppler with Gosch for Athens 2004 Beach Volleyball Competition". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Men's CEV € 100,000 European Championships August 27-31, 2003 Alanya, Turkey". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  6. ^ "SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Idle, but Turkey Hosts Europeans". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 1 May 2014.