Ricardo Bermudez Garcia (born November 19, 1975), known as Ricardinho, is a Brazilian

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 competed in 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), ...

. Garcia was born in

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. In 2004, he was part of the Brazilian team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches. In 2007 he was dismissed from the team, reportedly because of contention with other team members. He rejoined the team for the 2012 Olympics in London where they won the silver medal.

Sporting achievements

Individuals

* 2004

FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...

– Best Setter * 2004

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– Best Setter * 2005

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– Best Setter * 2005

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 af ...

– Best Setter * 2007

– Most Valuable Player

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* 1975 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Brazil Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Setters (volleyball) Sportspeople from São Paulo {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub