Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball)
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Ricardo Santos at Patria Direct Open 2012
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Full name | Ricardo Alex Costa Santos | ||||||
Nationality | Brazil | ||||||
Born | Salvador, Bahia |
January 6, 1975 ||||||
Hometown | João Pessoa | ||||||
Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||
Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | ||||||
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Last updated: 7 July 2013 |
Ricardo Alex Costa Santos (born January 6, 1975 in Salvador da Bahia) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with partner Zé Marco de Melo.
Santos also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he claimed the gold medal, teaming up with Emanuel Rego, with whom he won the world title in October 2003. The same pairing went on to win the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he teamed with Pedro Cunha, but they lost in the quarter finals.[2]
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Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Zé Marco de Melo 2000 |
Succeeded by Emanuel Rego and Tande Ramos (BRA) |
Preceded by | Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Emanuel Rego 2003–2007 |
Succeeded by Pedro Solberg Salgado and Harley Marques (BRA) |
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Inaugural
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Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Hitter" 2005 |
Succeeded by Emanuel Rego (BRA) |
Preceded by
Inaugural
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Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker" 2005–2007 |
Succeeded by Phil Dalhausser (USA) |
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Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2005 |
Succeeded by Emanuel Rego (BRA) |
Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2007 |
Succeeded by Harley Marques (BRA) |
Preceded by
Inaugural
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Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Emanuel Rego 2005–2007 |
Succeeded by Pedro Solberg Salgado and Harley Marques (BRA) |
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