The Most Famous
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Switzerland
This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 199 Volleyball Players, 2 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 28th most number of Volleyball Players behind Hungary, and Latvia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swiss Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Swiss Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Nina Betschart (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 39.90, Nina Betschart is the most famous Swiss Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Nina Brunner (née Betschart; born 14 October 1995) is a Swiss professional beach volleyball player who plays as a right side defender with her partner Tanja Hüberli. She is a two-time European Champion, winning the title in 2021 and 2023, the silver medallist at the 2018 and 2022 European Championships, and the bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics. With her former partner Nicole Eiholzer, she won the gold medal at the first ever European Games in 2015. Alongside Hüberli, Betschart has won combined total of 3 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze medals on FIVB World Tour and its successor Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Betschart / Hüberli team represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics where they finished in ninth place and played a pivotal role at their country's triumph in the women's event of the inaugural CEV Beach Volleyball Nations Cup in 2022. They achieved a career-high World ranking of No. 2 in November 2021. A six-time Swiss National Champion, Betschart has also enjoyed a lot of success in junior level, being twice an U21 World Champion and a four-time gold medallist in European Underage Championships, twice in U20 and twice in U22 level.
2. Phil Dalhausser (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 33.36, Phil Dalhausser is the 2nd most famous Swiss Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Philip Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is an American former professional beach volleyball player, who played as a blocker. He and his former playing partner, Todd Rogers, were the 2007 AVP Tour and FIVB world champions. Dalhausser and Rogers dominated both the domestic US tour and now the FIVB international tour, winning #1 team honors on both tours in 2010. Dalhausser and Rogers were Olympic gold medalists at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2023, Dalhausser was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Swiss volleyball players born between 1980 and 1995. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Swiss volleyball players include Nina Betschart, and Phil Dalhausser. As of April 2024, 1 new Swiss volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Nina Betschart.
