Giovane Gávio

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.

Giovane Gávio
Personal information
Full nameGiovane Farinazzo Gavio
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1970-09-07) 7 September 1970
Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Spike340 cm (134 in)
Block322 cm (127 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number3
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
1992 Barcelona Team
2004 Athens Team
World Championship
2002 Argentina Team
World Cup
2003 Japan Team
1995 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
1997 JapanTeam
1993 JapanTeam
2001 JapanTeam
World League
1993 São Paulo
2001 Katowice
2003 Madrid
2004 Rome Team
1995 Rio de Janeiro
2002 Belo Horizonte
1990 Osaka
1994 Milan
1999 Mar del Plata
2000 Rotterdam
Pan American Games
1991 HavanaTeam
1999 WinnipegTeam
2003 Santo Domingo Team
South American Championship
1989 Brazil
1991 Brazil
1993 Argentina
1995 Brazil
1997 Venezuela
1999 Argentina
2001 Colombia
2003 Brazil

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.

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