André Nascimento
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André Luiz da Silva Nascimento (born 4 March 1979) is a former
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian
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 who won a gold medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
and a silver medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
. He was born in
São João de Meriti São João de Meriti (, ) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Its historical name is São João do Rio Meriti. Its population was 472,906 inhabitants in 2020. It's located in the region of Baixada Fluminense, having 34.996& ...
.


Awards


Individuals

* '' 2002 FIVB World Championship "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2006 World League "Best Server"''


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* 1979 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from São João de Meriti Panathinaikos V.C. players Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state) {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub