Leandro Vissotto
Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic.[1] Vissotto is a winner silver medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, World Champion 2010, silver medalist of the 2014 World Championship, bronze medalist of the 2011 World Cup, multimedalist of the World League, 2015 Japanese Champion, 2018 Brazilian Superliga Champion and MVP of final .
Personal life
[edit]Vissotto was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is married to Nathalia. In August 2010 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Catharina. On September 7, 2013 their second daughter, Victoria, was born in Belo Horizonte.[2]
Career
[edit]National team
[edit]On October 10, 2010 Brazil, including Vissotto, won a title of World Champion 2010.[3][4] On August 12, 2012 Vissotto and his team mates lost in the final of Olympic Games with Russia (2-3) and achieved a silver medal, although Vissotto missed the final due to injury.[5] On September 21, 2014 his national team lost with Poland in final of the World Championship 2014 (1-3) and Vissotto achieved his second medal of World Championship, this time it was silver.[6]
Sporting achievements
[edit]Clubs
[edit]2008/2009 - with Itas Diatec Trentino
2016 - with Al Arabi Qatar
National championships
[edit]- 2005/2006
- 2008/2009
- 2009/2010
Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino
- 2009/2010
- 2010/2011
Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Futuro
- 2012/2013
- 2014/2015
- 2018/2019
National team
[edit]- 2000
- 2000
- 2001
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2010
- 2010
- 2011
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2013
- 2014
- 2014
Individually
[edit]- 2008 Serie A1 - Best Scorer
- 2010 Coppa Italia - Final Four Most Valuable Player
- 2016 Asian Club Championship - Best Middle Blocker
References
[edit]- ^ Keith, Braden (26 January 2017). "Al Arabi Sends Olympic Silver Medalist Leandro Visotto Back to Italy". VolleyMob. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Leandro Vissotto po raz drugi został ojcem Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine - s-w-o.pl - 11-09-2013
- ^ Brazil continue golden reign with third world crown - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
- ^ Brazil Men's World Champions for third time running - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
- ^ "Russia beats Brazil for men's gold". ESPN. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
External links
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- Leandro Vissotto Neves at the International Volleyball Federation
- Leandro Vissotto Neves at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Leandro Vissotto Neves at Olympics.com
- Leandro Vissotto Neves at Olympic.org (archived)
- Leandro Vissotto at Olympedia (archive)
- Leandro Vissotto at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Ural Ufa volleyball players
- Opposite hitters
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar
- Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Japan
- Expatriate volleyball players in South Korea
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen