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Giovane Gávio
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Personal information
Full name Giovane Farinazzo Gavio
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1970-09-07) 7 September 1970 (age 54)
Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Spike 340 cm (134 in)
Block 322 cm (127 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Number 3
National team
1989–2004  Brazil
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championship 1 0 0
World Cup 1 0 1
World Grand Champions Cup 1 2 0
World League 4 2 4
Pan American Games 0 2 1
South American Championship 8 0 0
Total 17 6 6
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Barcelona Team
Gold 2004 Athens Team
World Championship
Gold 2002 Argentina Team
World Cup
Gold 2003 Japan Team
Bronze 1995 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold 1997 Japan Team
Silver 1993 Japan Team
Silver 2001 Japan Team
World League
Gold 1993 São Paulo
Gold 2001 Katowice
Gold 2003 Madrid
Gold 2004 Rome Team
Silver 1995 Rio de Janeiro
Silver 2002 Belo Horizonte
Bronze 1990 Osaka
Bronze 1994 Milan
Bronze 1999 Mar del Plata
Bronze 2000 Rotterdam
Pan American Games
Silver 1991 Havana Team
Silver 1999 Winnipeg Team
Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Team
South American Championship
Gold 1989 Brazil
Gold 1991 Brazil
Gold 1993 Argentina
Gold 1995 Brazil
Gold 1997 Venezuela
Gold 1999 Argentina
Gold 2001 Colombia
Gold 2003 Brazil

Giovane Farinazzo Gavio (born 7 September 1970, in Juiz de Fora), known as Giovane, is a retired Brazilian volleyball coach and former player who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating the Netherlands (3-0) in the final.

Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Later on he started a career in beach volleyball. As of the present day, he is the head coach of Superliga's most recent champions, SESI São Paulo. He is the only Brazilian player (and second overall, after Javier Weber) to win the Superliga both as player and coach.

In 2021, Gavio was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Individual awards

  • 1989 FIVB World Cup "Best Blocker"
  • 1993 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
  • 2003 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"

See also

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