Gustavo Endres (born August 23, 1975 in Passo Fundo, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian volleyball player, a member of

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in 1997-2008, Olympic Champion Athens 2004, silver medalist of the Olympic Games from Beijing 2008, World Champion (

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), multimedalist of the World League, South American Championship, World Cup and the Grand Champions Cup. Endres added best blocker in World Championship 2002 and

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Personal life

He was born in Passo Fundo,

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, Brazil. His younger brother Murilo is also a volleyball player. He is married to Rachel and they have two sons: Enzo and Eric, who also playing volleyball.

Career

National team

He resigned from the national team after winning the silver medal of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Endres won Olympic gold medal in

2004 Athens The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Endres the middle-blocker has also won the World Championships twice (2002 and 2006), the World League five times (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007).G-Endres in World League 2011
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Awards

Individuals

* 2001 FIVB World League "Best Blocker" * 2001 America Cup "Best Server" * 2002 FIVB World Championship "Best Blocker" * 2003 Pan American Games "Best Blocker" * 2006 CEV Champions League "Best Blocker" * 2006 Italian League "Best Blocker" * 2007 FIVB World League "Best Blocker" * 2008 Olympic Games "Best Blocker"

References

External links

LegaVolley profile
1975 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic volleyball players of Brazil Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub