Marcelo Elgarten (born 9 November 1974), commonly known as Marcelinho, is a Brazilian former
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
player. He won a silver medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
.
Elgarten was born in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
, and is Jewish.
Individual awards
* ''
2007 Pan-American Games "Best Setter"''
* ''Men's World Cup 2007; Rated 3rd best setter.
See also
*
List of notable Jewish volleyball players
References
External links
Men's best setters 2007
1974 births
Living people
Brazilian men's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
Jewish Brazilian sportspeople
Brazilian people of German descent
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Panathinaikos V.C. players
Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Setters (volleyball)
Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Jewish volleyball players
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland
Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Greece
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