Damien Schumann
{{short description|Australian beach volleyball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
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| nationality = Australian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/beach-volleyball/athlete-profile-n1329290-schumann-damien.htm|title=Damien Schumann|publisher=Tokyo 2020|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724224554/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/beach-volleyball/athlete-profile-n1329290-schumann-damien.htm|url-status=dead}}
| height = 1.83 m
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| currentteammate = Chris McHugh
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{{MedalSport|Men's beach volleyball}}
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{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|Beach}}
{{Medal|Comp|FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour}}
{{Medal|Gold|2020|Phnom Penh}}
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Damien Schumann (born 12 November 1987) is a male beach volleyball player from Australia.
He represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, both with teammate Chris McHugh, winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-22|title=How McHugh turned the tables on Australia's beach volleyball return|url=https://www.espn.com.au/olympics/story/_/id/31859372/tokyo-olympic-games-how-chris-mchugh-turned-tables-australia-beach-volleyball-return|access-date=2021-07-24|website=ESPN.com|language=en}} Competing at the 2020 Olympics, the pair were knocked out in the group stage after finishing at the bottom of their pool.{{Cite web|title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=The Roar|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Beach Volleyball SCHUMANN Damien - Tokyo 2020 Olympics|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/beach-volleyball/../../../en/results/beach-volleyball/athlete-profile-n1329290-schumann-damien.htm|access-date=2021-10-16|website=olympics.com|language=en-us|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016000851/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/beach-volleyball/athlete-profile-n1329290-schumann-damien.htm|url-status=dead}}
Early years
Schumann began playing volleyball in high school. In his ninth grade at school he decided to concentrate on beach volleyball. He began playing for Australia alongside Owen Boland, with whom he was teammates for three years.
Schumann then paired up with Joshua Court from 2013 until the end of the 2016 season. He then paired up with Chris McHugh for the first time in 2017 but also competed with Cole Durant.{{Cite web|title=Damien Schumann|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/damien-schumann/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Australian Olympic Committee|language=en-AU}}
Schumann studied Industrial Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria. He now trains at the South Australian Sports Institute in Adelaide, South Australia.
Achievements
Damien has been voted the Best Defender in Australia, Best Male International Player in 2017 and was a part of the best ranked Team in Asia/Oceania that year.
The Schumann/McHugh partnership has been very strong and they won medals four times before their Commonwealth Games debut in 2018. At the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, they made the final undefeated. In the gold medal final they defeated Canadian pair Sam Pedlow and Sam Schachter.
References
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External links
- {{FIVB beach player}}
- {{Beach Volleyball Database}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|damien-schumann}}
- {{AOC profile|damien-schumann}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Beach Volleyball Men}}
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Category:Australian men's beach volleyball players
Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Australia
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in beach volleyball
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Volleyball players from Melbourne