Rodrigo Santana (born 17 April 1979), commonly known as Rodrigão, 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 who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Santana with brazil team won the

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

in 2002 Argentina, 2006 Japan and 2010 Italy. He also won the World Cup, the Pan-American Games, and the South American Championship, in Chile, where he was elected as the Best attacker. He was born in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

Sporting achievements

Clubs

* 1996/1997 Gold medal with cup

Brazilian Superliga, with

Minas Tênis Clube Minas Tênis Clube (short, just ''Minas'') is a social, recreational and sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. By 2013, it has more than 73,000 members. Its patrimony comprises two urban units, the Minas I and Minas II, and two country units ...

* 2005/2006 Gold medal with cup

Italian League, with Lube Volley

CEV Challenge Cup

2005/2006 – with Lube Volley

National team

* 2000

FIVB World League * 2001 Gold medal with cup

South American Championship * 2001 Silver medal with cup

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup * 2002 Silver medal with cup

FIVB World League * 2002 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World Championship * 2003 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World League * 2003 Bronze medal with cup

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is hel ...

* 2003

South American Championship * 2003 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World Cup * 2004 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World League * 2004 Gold medal with cup

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...

* 2005

FIVB World League * 2005 Gold medal with cup

South American Championship * 2005 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup * 2006 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World League * 2006 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World Championship * 2007 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World League * 2007 Gold medal with cup

* 2007

South American Championship * 2007 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World Cup * 2008 Silver medal with cup

* 2009

FIVB World League * 2009 Gold medal with cup