Marcelo Elgarten (born 9 November 1974), commonly known as Marcelinho 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 Sum ...
player. He won a silver medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics.
Elgarten was born in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
, and is Jewish.
Individual awards
* ''
2007 Pan-American Games "Best Setter"''
* ''Men's World Cup 2007; Rated 3rd best setter.
See also
*
List of notable Jewish volleyball players
References
External links
Men's best setters 2007
1974 births
Living people
Brazilian men's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players of Brazil
Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
Brazilian Jews
Brazilian people of German descent
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Panathinaikos V.C. players
Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Setters (volleyball)
Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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