Franco Neto | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Franco José Vieira Neto | ||||||||||||||
Born | November 11, 1966 (1966-11-11) (age 58) Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Franco José Vieira Neto (born November 11, 1966, in Fortaleza, Ceará) is a former beach volleyball player from Brazil who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, partnering with Roberto Lopes. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
References
External links
- Franco José Vieira Neto at FIVB.com
- Franco José Vieira Neto at Olympics.com
- Franco Neto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos (USA) |
Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Roberto Lopes 1993 |
Succeeded by Jan Kvalheim and Bjørn Maaseide (NOR) |
Preceded by Jan Kvalheim and Bjørn Maaseide (NOR) |
Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Roberto Lopes 1995 |
Succeeded by Emanuel Rego and Zé Marco de Melo (BRA) |
Awards | ||
Preceded by Mark Heese (CAN) | Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Inspirational" 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Todd Rogers (USA) |
Preceded by Emanuel Rego (BRA) | Men's FIVB World Tour "Sportsperson" 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Phil Dalhausser (USA) |
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's beach volleyball players
- Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil
- Beach volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Sportspeople from Fortaleza
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian volleyball biography stubs