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Beach Volleyball At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Shiokaze Park. The competition was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 25 July to 8 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal. Anders Mol and Christian Sørum captured the gold medal after defeating Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy in the final, while Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan took home bronze. The medals for the competition were presented by Kristin Kloster Aasen, Norway; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, Brazil; FIVB President. Qualification Teams Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiokaze Park
Shiokaze Park is a public park and was a temporary beach volleyball sport venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics, located in Tokyo, Japan. History Shiokaze Park opened on June 1, 1974. It is located in Odaiba Island in Tokyo and has a view of the Rainbow Bridge. 2020 Summer Olympics Shiokaze Park was the site of a temporary beach volleyball venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Its capacity was 12,000. Vegetation Shiokaze Park has 12,800 trees and 27,600 shrubs, including the following vegetation: * Cockspur coral tree *Olive tree *Japanese black pine *Crape myrtle *''Quercus myrsinifolia'' *'' Machilus thunbergii '' * Gray Bottlebrush * Matebashii tree *Wax myrtle ''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australi ... * Washington palm tree References {{2020 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The International Olympic Committee
This is a list of members of the International Olympic Committee. According to the Olympic Charter, the members of the IOC "represent and promote the interests of the IOC and of the Olympic Movement in their countries and in the organisations of the Olympic Movement in which they serve". Currently there are 101 members, 43 honorary members and one honour member. Current members The chairperson of an international organization, who represents an Olympic sport (e.g. the chairman of World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...), is represented in the IOC "ex officio" (i.e., because of that position). * Athletes' Commission members are elected for eight-year terms. Honorary Members Most honorary members are former members who, after finishing their terms of of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esteban Grimalt
Esteban Mauricio Grimalt Fuster (born 9 January 1991 in Santiago) is a Chilean Olympic volleyball player. He represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... Notes References External links * * * * 1991 births Living people Chilean beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players of Chile Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile South American Games bronze medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in volleyball Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Beach volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Beach volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Beach volleyball playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Grimalt
Marco Alfonso Grimalt Krogh (born 11 July 1989) is a Chilean Olympic volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... player. He represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Notes References External links * * * * 1989 births Living people Chilean beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players of Chile Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile South American Games bronze medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in volleyball Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Beach volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Beach volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Oscar Schmidt
Bruno Oscar Schmidt (born 6 October 1986) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. He plays as a right-side defender. Bruno is the nephew of the former Brazilian basketball player Oscar Schmidt and of the TV news announcer Tadeu Schmidt. In 2010, he was named the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Most Improved Player. He was also named the Best Defensive Player in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Schmidt won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships with his teammate Alison Cerutti in the Netherlands. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio olympics with Alison Cerutti. Career Bruno first played volleyball in the hall. Since he did not like the position of the player, he moved to beach volleyball. He was ninth in the U21 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in 2005 with Vinícius de Almeida Santos. A year later he won the competition in Mysłowice with Pedro Solberg Salgado. In 2007 he formed a duo with Joao Maciel. After ninth and fifth place at the Challenger tournaments in Brno and Cypru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evandro Oliveira
Evandro Gonçalves de Oliveira Junior (born 17 July 1990) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's beach volleyball tournament along with Pedro Solberg, falling in the quarterfinals. In 2017 he became world champion along with André Stein after winning the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna, Austria. He represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Bruno Oscar Schmidt. References External links * Evandroat ''Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol The Brazilian Volleyball Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol, CBV) is the governing body of volleyball and beach volleyball in Brazil. Formed in 1954, its headquarters are in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. The CBV is a memb ...'' 1990 births Living people Brazilian men's beach volleyball players Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Olympic beach volleyball players of Brazil Beach v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Morais Filho
Álvaro Magliano de Morais Filho (born November 27, 1990 in João Pessoa, Paraíba) is a Brazilian male beach volleyball player. Early in his adolescence, Álvaro liked to play soccer. By the influence of his father, who practices beach volleyball, Álvaro began venturing onto the sand and as he says himself: "I have become hooked to beach volleyball". He played with Vitor Felipe from 2007 to the middle of the 2011 season, when he started a partnership with Moisés. Over the years, he also played with Fábio Luiz, Benjamin, Luciano and Thiago. In March 2013, he started playing with Ricardo Santos, a world class Olympic Games gold medalist player.Perfil dos Atletas – CBV This partnership proved to be outstanding and led Álvaro and Ricardo to finish the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship Mazury 2013 in second place. Furt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Cerutti
Alison Conte Cerutti (born 7 December 1985) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. He plays as a blocker. In 2011, along with Emanuel Rego he won the Swatch FIVB World Tour in Prague, Czech Republic."Brazilian tandems invincible in Beijing Grand Slam men's Main Draw". '' Online — English'', 6/09/2011. and the silver medal at the . He won the gold medal at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Schumann
Damien Schumann (born 12 November 1987) is a male beach volleyball player from Australia. He represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, both with teammate Chris McHugh, 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 Chris McHugh for the first time in 2017 but also competed with Cole Durant. Schumann studied Industrial Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria. He now trains at the South Australian Sports Inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris McHugh (volleyball)
Christopher "Chris" McHugh (born 31 August 1989) is a male beach volleyball player from Australia. He represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, both with teammate Damien Schumann, 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 In Year 3 at school, McHugh participated in Spikezone Mini Volleyball to avoid clarinet lessons on Wednesday afternoons. McHugh then joined the Henley Hawks Volleyball Club in South Australia. His ambition was to become a first class Beach Volleyball player. McHugh made his professional volleyball debut in 2006, at just 17 years of age. McHugh studied at St Michael's College in 2007 while training at the Australian Institute of Volleyball. McHugh is now an AIS Share a Yarn Ambassador, a program fostering connections and education with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Capogrosso
Nicolás Capogrosso (born 15 January 1995) is an Argentine beach volleyball player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References External links * * * * * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Argentine beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Beach volleyball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Beach volleyball players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine sportspeople Competitors at the 2022 South American Games South American Games silver med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Azaad
Julian Amado Azaad (born 26 December 1990) is an Argentine beach volleyball player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References External links * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Argentine beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Beach volleyball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games {{Argentina-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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