Markus Egger
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Markus Egger is a retired professional beach volleyball
player from Switzerland
. Partnering Sascha Heyer
he claimed the gold medal at the 2001 European Championships
in Jesolo
, Italy
.
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 Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. Partnering Sascha Heyer
Sascha Heyer
Sascha Heyer 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. As of 2011, his current partner is Sébastien Chevallier.-References:* at the...
he claimed the gold medal at the 2001 European Championships
2001 European Beach Volleyball Championships
The 2001 European Beach Volleybal Championships were held from September 6 to September 9, 2001 in Jesolo, near Venice, Italy. It was the ninth official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the eighth time....
in Jesolo
Jesolo
thumb|250px|Location of Jesolo in the province of Venice.Jesolo is a town and comune in the province of Venice, Italy.-Geography:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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