José Geraldo Loiola (born March 28, 1970 in Vitória) is a male beach volleyball player from

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, who won the gold medal at the

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, partnering

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. Loiola represented his native country at the

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, and added a silver medal to his tally a year later at the

2001 Beach Volleyball World Championships These page shows the results of the III Beach Volleyball World Championships, held from August 1 to August 4, 2001 in Klagenfurt, Austria. It was the third official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships (1987-1996) all held ...

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, alongside Ricardo Santos.

References

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1970 births Living people Brazilian men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of Brazil {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub