Markus Dieckmann is a retired professional beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

 player from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place in the overall-rankings.

Partnering Jonas Reckermann

Jonas Reckermann

Jonas Reckermann is a professional beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place in the overall-rankings...

 he twice won the gold medal at the European Beach Volleyball Championships

European Beach Volleyball Championships

The European Beach Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams in the sport of beach volleyball. The championship combines events for men and women, and is held annually, organized by the CEV . At the first European Championships held in 1993 just men competed...

, in 2002 and 2004. His twin brother Christoph Dieckmann

Christoph Dieckmann

Christoph Dieckmann is a male beach volleyball player from Germany. He claimed the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, partnering Julius Brink. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...

 also played as a professional beach volleyball player on the international tour.

Playing partners

• Christoph Dieckmann
  Christoph Dieckmann
  Christoph Dieckmann is a male beach volleyball player from Germany. He claimed the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, partnering Julius Brink. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
  
  
• Jonas Reckermann
  Jonas Reckermann
  Jonas Reckermann is a professional beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place in the overall-rankings...
  
  
• Julius Brink
  Julius Brink
  Julius Brink 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 Christoph Dieckmann...
  
  
• Erik Schmidt
  Erik Schmidt
  Erik Schmidt painter and writer. His uncle was the optician Bernhard Schmidt.thumb|upright=0.7|Erik Schmidt self portrait in 1976 when he was in his early 50s...
  
  
• Drazan Slacanin