In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gonçalves and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira. "Junior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Oliveira in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Evandro Gonçalves de Oliveira Junior | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 34) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Beach volleyball | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Evandro Gonçalves de Oliveira Junior (born 17 July 1990) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player.
Oliveira competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the men's beach volleyball tournament along with his partner Pedro Solberg, falling in the quarterfinals. In 2017, he became world champion along with his partner André Stein, after winning the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna, Austria.
Oliveira represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Bruno Oscar Schmidt, coming in 9th.
References
- "FIVB - Beach Volleyball".
- "Evandro Goncalves Oliveira Junior". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- "BRAZILIANS EVANDRO & LOYOLA NET WORLD CHAMPION TITLE". FIVB.com. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- "Beach Volleyball GONCALVES OLIVEIRA JUNIOR Evandro". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
External links
- Evandro Oliveira at FIVB.com
- Evandro Oliveira at Beach Volleyball Database
- Evandro Oliveira at Olympics.com
- Evandro Oliveira at Olympedia
- Evandro Oliveira at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Evandro at Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (in Brazilian Portuguese)
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) |
Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside André Stein 2017 |
Succeeded by Anders Mol and Christian Sørum (NOR) |
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Preceded by Phil Dalhausser (USA) | Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Server" 2015– |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
Preceded by Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) |
Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside André Stein 2017 |
Succeeded by Anders Mol and Christian Sørum (NOR) |
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- Living people
- Brazilian men's beach volleyball players
- Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil
- Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Beach volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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