Damien Schumann (born 12 November 1987) is a male

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player from

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. He represented Australia at the

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at the

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and the

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in Tokyo, both with teammate

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, winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Unfortunately, competing at the 2020 Olympics, the pair were knocked out in the group stage after finishing at the bottom of their pool.

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

for the first time in 2017 but also competed with Cole Durant. Schumann studied Industrial Design at

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, Melbourne, Victoria. He now trains at the South Australian Sports Institute in

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, 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

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, they made the final undefeated. In the gold medal final they defeated Canadian pair Sam Pedlow and

Sam Schachter Samuel Schachter (born May 8, 1990) is a Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player. In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May. At the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and Team Canada won a silver medal. He and p ...

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schumann, Damien 1987 births Living people Australian men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of Australia Beach volleyball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Sportspeople from Melbourne