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Bernard Rajzman
Personal information
Born	(1957-04-25) 25 April 1957 (age 67) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	6 (1976) 12 (1980–1984)
National team
1973–1987  Brazil
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team World Championship 1982 Argentina FIVB World Cup 1981 Japan Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1979 Caguas Team 1987 Indianapolis Team CSV South American Championship 1973 Bucaramanga 1975 Asunción 1977 Lima 1981 Santiago 1983 São Paulo 1987 Montevideo

Bernard Rajzman (born 25 April 1957) is a Brazilian former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He was enshrined in the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2005. Nowadays, Bernard is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Rajzman began his sports career at the age of 11, playing basketball for Fluminense, but traded the sport for volleyball because he was too short. At the age of 17, he joined the Brazilian men's national volleyball team, for which he played in three consecutive Olympics beginning in 1976, winning a silver medal in 1984. He also won seven South American Championships, one gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games, a silver medal at the 1982 FIVB World Championship, and a bronze medal at the 1981 FIVB World Cup.

Rajzman developed the "Star Trek" serve, adapted from the beach volleyball, in which the ball is hit from below with enough force that it sails dozens of feet over the court.

Personal life

Rajzman is the president of Brazil's National Commission of Athletes, and a state congressman.

Rajzman became an IOC member at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in September 2013.

He is the father of professional surfer Phil Rajzman.

See also

• List of select Jewish volleyball players

References

1. ^ "Bernard". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
2. Robert Wechsler, Bob Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8.
3. Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame. Brassey's. p. 254. ISBN 1-57488-284-8.
4. ^ "Bernard Rajzman". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
5. ^ "Bernard Rajzman on the universal language of the Games". International Olympic Committee. 26 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
6. Robert Wechsler, Bob Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8.
7. Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. p. 240. ISBN 1-903900-87-5.
8. "IOC Session elects nine new members". International Olympic Committee. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

External links

• International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 August 2008) (in Portuguese)
• Volleyball Hall of Fame – Bernard at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 May 2008)
• Bernard Rajzman at Olympedia (archive)
• Bernard Rajzman at Olympics.com
• Bernard Rajzman at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
• Volleybox.net profile

v t e Brazil squad – 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Silver medal
1 Bernardinho 4 Montanaro 5 Rui 6 Renan 7 William 8 Amauri 9 Xandó 10 Domingos Maracanã 11 Leo 12 Bernard 13 Cacau 14 Fernandão Coach: Bebeto

v t e Brazil men's volleyball squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Bernardinho 2 Xandó 3 Badalhoca 4 Montanaro 5 Rui 6 Renan 7 William 8 Amauri 9 Marcus Vinícius 10 Domingos Maracanã 11 Bernard 12 Fernandão Coach: Bebeto

• 1957 births
• Living people
• Jewish Brazilian sportspeople
• Brazilian people of German-Jewish descent
• Brazilian men's volleyball players
• Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
• Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
• Olympic medalists in volleyball
• Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
• Jewish volleyball players
• Brazilian International Olympic Committee members
• Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
• Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
• Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
• International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees
• 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen