João Carlos Brenha Alves Pereira (born May 6, 1970 in Espinho) is a

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

player from

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, who competed in three consecutive

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for his native country, starting in 1996. He ended up in fourth place in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000), alongside Miguel Maia, after having lost the bronze medal match against the German couple Axel Hager / Jörg Ahmann.

Playing Partners

* Miguel Maia

References

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1970 births Living people Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Portuguese beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players for Portugal Sportspeople from Espinho, Portugal {{Portugal-volleyball-bio-stub