Julius Brink

Julius Brink (born 6 July 1982 in Münster)[1] is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2006 European Beach Volleyball Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, partnering Christoph Dieckmann. He took part at the Olympic Games in 2008.

Julius Brink
Personal information
Born	6 July 1982 (1982-07-06) (age 37) Münster, Germany
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Honours Men's beach volleyball Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2012 London Beach World Championships 2009 Stavanger Beach 2005 Berlin Beach 2011 Rome Beach European Championships 2006 The Hague Beach

In 2009 he and his current partner Jonas Reckermann won four FIVB competitions (three consecutive Grand Slams) and the German Masters of the CEV European Championship Tour. This includes the 2009 FIVB World Championship, held from 26 June to 5 July in Stavanger, Norway, beating top seeded Harley/Alison in the final and former FIVB world champions and gold medalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics Rogers/Dalhausser in the semi final. They are the first German and European team ever to win a world championship title and are currently ranked 22nd on the FIVB World Tour (as of 23 July 2012).

On 9 August 2012, Brink and his teammate Jonas Reckermann won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. With this victory Germany become the first European country to win the Beach Volleyball in Olympics.