Giovane Gávio

Giovane Gávio
Personal information
Full name Giovane Farinazzo Gavio
Born September 7, 1970 (1970-09-07) (age 46)
Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Team
2004 Athens Team
World Championship
2002 Argentina Team
World Cup
2003 Japan Team
World League
1993 São Paulo Team
2003 Madrid Team
2004 Rome Team
1995 Rio de Janeiro Team
2002 Belo Horizonte Team
1990 Osaka Team
1994 Milan Team
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo Team

Giovane Farinazzo Gavio (born September 7, 1970 in Juiz de Fora), known as Giovane, is a retired Brazilian volleyball coach and former player, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating The Netherlands (3-0) in the final.

Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Later on he started a career in beach volleyball. As of the present day, he is the head coach of Superliga's most recent champions, SESI São Paulo. He is the only Brazilian player (and second overall, after Javier Weber) to win the Superliga both as player and coach.

Individual awards

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.