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{{update|reason=Still active and have played in the Olympics twice since 2012|date=July 2024}} 
{{short description|Austrian beach volleyball player}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name             = Alexander Horst
| nationality      = Austrian
| image            = Alexander Horst Austrian Masters 2008.jpg
| caption          = 
| fullname         = <!--if different-->
| nickname         = The Pterodactyl
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1982|12|20|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Vienna]], Austria
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| hometown         = Vienna
| height           = {{convert|185|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight           = 85 Kg
| currentteammate  = [[Julian Hörl]]
| years            = 
| teammates        = [[Daniel Müllner]]<br />[[Florian Gosch]]<br />[[Sebastian Goettlinger]]<br />[[Simon Nausch]]
| tours (points)   = 12<br />55<br />1 (2)
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[beach volleyball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Beach Volleyball World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships|2017 Vienna]] | [[2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships – Men|Beach]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Beach Volleyball Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2009 European Beach Volleyball Championships|2009 Sochi]] | Beach }}
{{MedalBronze| [[2014 European Beach Volleyball Championships|2014 Cagliari]] | Beach }}
}}

'''Alexander Horst''' (born 20 December 1982) is a [[beach volleyball]] player from [[Austria]].  He currently plays on the FIVB World [[Beach Volleyball]] Tour with new partner Clemens Doppler. Horst found most success with partner [[Florian Gosch]] on the [[FIVB]] World Beach Volleyball Tour, however a knee injury forced [[Florian Gosch]] into early retirement in autumn 2010.

Horst and teammate [[Florian Gosch]] represented Austria at the [[Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing, China]]. His career highlights include a 5th place showing at the Beijing Games, a 2nd place at the 2009 [[European Beach Volleyball Championships]] in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]], and a 2nd place at the Stare Jablonki Grand Slam in [[Poland]] in 2012.

==2007==
In his first full season playing with big blocker [[Florian Gosch|Gosch]], the results were very positive including ninth-place positions at the Grand Slam in [[Stavanger]], [[Norway]], the Beach Volleyball World Championships in [[Gstaad]], Switzerland and the [[European Beach Volleyball Championships]] in Spain.  With 2 other 9th-place finishes at open tournaments along with a bronze medal at [[Åland]], [[Finland]], the team of Gosch-Horst was well on its way to olympic qualification.

==2008==
A disappointing season with no top 10 finishes up until the 2008 Summer Olympics in [[Beijing]], [[China]]. In the games, they overcame possible elimination in the lucky loser bracket to post a very solid 5th-place finish in eventually losing to the Brazilian silver medalists, Marcio and Fabio.

==2009==
A very good season with 7 top 10 finishes and then topping it off with a silver medal at the [[European Beach Volleyball Championships]] in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]].

==2010==
Best finishes in 2010 include a 7th place showing early in the season in [[Shanghai]], and a 4th-place finish in Marseille World Series in July.  This in his last season playing with [[Florian Gosch|Gosch]] who would have to retire at the end of the season due to knee complications.

==2011==
After the retirement of Gosch, Horst played on the 2011 FIVB World [[Beach Volleyball]] Tour with new partner and beach volleyball rookie Daniel Müllner. Their best showing was a 17th place in the [[2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships]] in Rome.

On 21 October 2011 the pair officially announced their split.  Speculation began immediately of an Alexander Horst / [[Clemens Doppler]] duo, who also split from his partner on the same day. Horst and Doppler would go on to announce their partnership 2 weeks later.

==2012==
The season started out at the Myslowice Open in Poland.  Horst and Doppler placed a solid 7th place to kick off the new season. Between mixed results in the FIVB World Tour and the 2012 CEV European Championships, Horst and Doppler posted a hometown win in [[Baden bei Wien|Baden]], [[Austria]].  However, their best success in the 2012 season was grabbing a last-minute spot in the [[2012 Summer Olympics qualification round]] in [[Moscow]] on 1 July. The pair had a heartbreaking pool play loss to the Swiss Heuscher/Bellaguarda in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], ending their olympic hopes in pool play at 19th place. One week after the Olympics, the Austrian duo rebounded for a silver team medal, beating the season's world champions Gibb/Rosenthal for their best showing on the FIVB tour by an Austrian men's pair ever.
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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.doppler-horst.com}}
* {{FIVB beach player}}
* {{Beach Volleyball Database|5718}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Team Austria|alexander-horst/2505}}

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[[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Austria]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Vienna]]
[[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]