Nickname: “The Thin Beast”
Sport: Volleyball
Country: USA
The gold medalist, with teammate Todd Rogers, in beach volleyball at Beijing in 2008, Phil Dalhausser might have been created expressly for the sport. Tall (6’ 9”), rangy and — carrying only around 200 pounds on what looks like a slender frame — deceptively powerful, he is masterful at spiking, setting and, especially, blocking almost anything lofted or smacked his way. With a nickname that might easily fit, say, a creature from Game of Thrones that lurks in the frozen wastes North of the Wall, Dalhausser is utterly at home — and lethally nimble — in the sand and the sun.