Patrick Heuscher

 

Age (DOB): (12/22/1976)

Nationality:  Swiss 

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Stefan Kobel

 

Age (DOB): (02/13/1974)

Nationality:  Swiss 

 SUI

 

 

 

 

TEAM PROFILE 

  

Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel

One of the three enormously talented and popular Swiss teams on the Swatch–FIVB World Tour, Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel are as focused as ever on picking up as many medals as possible in 2004.

Two top three finishes at Gstaad and Klagenfurt in 2003, along with a title win at the Satellite event in Lausanne boosted their confidence and provided each player with the belief they were capable of much more.

Both are seen as excellent technicians who learnt their trade in Volleyball. Having switched to Beach in 1997, Heuscher and Kobel decided to combine their efforts as a team in 1998. Kobel has managed to utilize his small (in Beach Volleyball terms) 190cm frame in the best possible manner in a sport, which commands the best of athletic endurance.

These two men, both in their late 20’s, have developed a partnership, which is blossoming all the time and is shaping up as one of Switzerland’s best combinations. Their race for Olympic qualification alongside the Laciga brothers and Sascha Heyer and Markus Egger will be fascinating to say the least.
 
 

Career Highlights - Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel

51 World Tour events

2003 Record
 2003 Klagenfurt, Austria 3rd
2003 Gstaad 3rd
2003 Marseille, France 5th
2003 Stavanger, Norway 5th
2003 Los Angeles 9th
2003 Berlin 9th
2003 Spain 9th
2003 Rhodes 17th


2002 Record
2002 Berlin, 9
2002 Gstaad, 9
2002 Stavanger, 3
2002 Montréal, 9
2002 Marseille, 17
2002 Espinho, 25
2002 Klagenfurt, 9
2002 Cadiz, 9
2002 Lausanne, 3
2002 Mallorca, 9
2002 Fortaleza, 17


2001 Record
2001 Tenerife, 7
2001 Gstaad, 13
2001 Berlin, 4
2001 Lignano, 17
2001 Marseille, 9
2001 Espinho, 17
2001 Klagenfurt, 17
2001 Ostende, 9
2001 Lausanne, 2
2001 Goodwill Games, 13
2001 Mallorca, 5
2001 Vitoria, 7

2000 Record
 2000 Tenerife, 37
2000 Xylokastron-Greece, 1
2000 Lignano, 37
2000 Marseille, 17
2000 Klagenfurt, 41
2000 Ostende, 17
2000 Lausanne / Switzerland, 1
2000 Pfaffikon / Switzerland, 2
2000 Vitoria, 9