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Martin Laciga (born January 25, 1975 in Aarberg
Aarberg

Aarberg is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Aarberg in the Cantons of Switzerland of Canton of Berne in Switzerland.Aarberg lies 20 kilometers from Bern above the Aar River....
) is a beach volleyball
Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympics team sport played on sand. Like other Volleyball variations of volleyball, two teams, separated by a high net, try to score points against the other by grounding a ball on the other team's court....
 player from Switzerland
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, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships
1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships

These page shows the results of the II Swatch FIVB World Championships, held from 19 July to 24 July 1999 in Marseille, France. It was the second official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships all held in Rio de Janeiro, and the first to be organized in Europe....
 in Marseille, France, partnering his older brother Paul Laciga
Paul Laciga

Paul Laciga 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, partnering Sascha Heyer....
 (born 1970). He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 (Sydney, Australia).

Laciga and his brother Paul teamed from 1995 through 2004 to place fifth in two Olympics (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004) while competing together in four FIVB World Championships (1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003) and the 1998 Goodwill Games
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 in New York
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Martin Laciga (born January 25, 1975 in Aarberg
Aarberg

Aarberg is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Aarberg in the Cantons of Switzerland of Canton of Berne in Switzerland.Aarberg lies 20 kilometers from Bern above the Aar River....
) is a beach volleyball
Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympics team sport played on sand. Like other Volleyball variations of volleyball, two teams, separated by a high net, try to score points against the other by grounding a ball on the other team's court....
 player from Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships
1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships

These page shows the results of the II Swatch FIVB World Championships, held from 19 July to 24 July 1999 in Marseille, France. It was the second official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships all held in Rio de Janeiro, and the first to be organized in Europe....
 in Marseille, France, partnering his older brother Paul Laciga
Paul Laciga

Paul Laciga 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, partnering Sascha Heyer....
 (born 1970). He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 (Sydney, Australia).

Laciga and his brother Paul teamed from 1995 through 2004 to place fifth in two Olympics (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004) while competing together in four FIVB World Championships (1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003) and the 1998 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games

The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s....
 in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
. The Swiss brothers won six international gold medals (five SWATCH titles and a 1997 FIVB Challenge crown in the Czech Republic).

Laciga earned FIVB World Championship silver medals with his brother in 1997 in Marseille, France. Sandwiched between bronze (1997 Italy) and silver medal finishes (2001 Italy, and 2002 Switzerland), the Lacigas captured three-straight European Continental Championships (1998 Greece, 1999 Majorca and 2000 Spain).

Playing partners

  • Markus Egger
    Markus Egger

    Markus Egger is a retired professional beach volleyball player from Switzerland. Partnering Sascha Heyer he claimed the gold medal at the 2001 European Beach Volleyball Championships in Jesolo, Italy....
  • Paul Laciga
    Paul Laciga

    Paul Laciga 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, partnering Sascha Heyer....
  • Jan Schnider
    Jan Schnider

    Jan Schnider is a beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who with his team mate Martin Laciga is representing his native country at the Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, China....


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