Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball)

Ricardo Santos
Santos at Patria Direct Open 2012
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Alex Costa Santos
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1975-01-06) 6 January 1975
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
HometownJoão Pessoa
Height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
2009 Emanuel Rego
Best results
Years Location Result
2004 Athens 1st
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Beach
2000 Sydney Beach
2008 Beijing Beach
World Championships
2003 Rio de Janeiro Beach
2001 Klagenfurt Beach
2011 Rome Beach
2013 Stare Jabłonki Beach
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Beach
Last updated: 7 July 2013

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos (born 6 January 1975) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player.

Santos won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with partner Zé Marco de Melo. Santos also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. 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 in Beijing.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he teamed with Pedro Cunha, but they lost in the quarter-finals.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Beijing 2008 – Men's Beach Volleyball". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. ^ "London 2012 – Men's Beach Volleyball". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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