Rodrigão

For the Brazilian footballer born in 1993, see Rodrigo Gomes dos Santos. For the Brazilian footballer born in 1978, see Rodrigo Fernandes Alflen.
Rodrigo Santana
Personal information
Nickname Rodrigão
Nationality Brazilian
Born 17 April 1979 (1979-04-17) (age 37)
São Paulo, Brazil
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)

Rodrigo Santana (born 17 April 1979), commonly known as Rodrigão, is a Brazilian volleyball 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 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.[1][2]

References

  1. "SANTANA, Rodrigo". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12.
  2. "Rodrigão (full name: Rodrigo Santana)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2016-01-08.


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