1. Bernardo Rezende is the current coach of the female volleyball team Rio de Janeiro Volei Clube.
17 Facts About Bernardo Rezende
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Bernardo Rezende has won two Olympic gold medals during his coaching career, as head coach of Brazil men's national volleyball team at 2004 Athens and 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Bernardo Rezende won two bronze medals as head coach of Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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Bernardo Rezende played volleyball from 1979 to 1985, and competed in two Olympics, winning a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Bernardo Rezende finished fifth at the 1980 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.
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Bernardo Rezende played in Fluminense, Volley Atlantica Boavista, Flamengo and Vasco da Gama from 1972 to 1988.
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In 1988, Bernardo Rezende stopped playing to work started his coaching career as an assistant to Bebeto de Freitas at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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In 1998 Bernardo Rezende led the Brazilians to a South American title, earned qualification for the FIVB World Championship and won bronze in the FIVB World Grand Championship Cup in Japan.
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In 1999, Bernardo Rezende won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, a silver medal in the FIVB World Grand Prix, gold in the South American Championship for the third time, and bronze at the FIVB World Cup.
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Since 2001, Bernardo Rezende has been the coach of the Brazilian male national team, with whom he won two Olympic titles in 2004 and 2016.
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Bernardo Rezende guided the team to titles in the FIVB World League and the FIVB World Cup, and bronze at the Pan American Games in Dominican Republic.
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In 2005, still coaching the Brazilian men team, Bernardo Rezende earned another four international medals, gold in the FIVB World League, gold at the South American Championship and gold at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup in Japan.
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Bernardo Rezende led a young team to second place at the America's Cup.
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In 2011, Bernardo Rezende led the Brazilian national team to winning the silver medal in the FIVB World League and a gold medal in the South American Championship.
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Bernardo Rezende defeated his great rival Italy to win the gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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In 1999, Bernardo Rezende married volleyball player Fernanda Venturini, with whom he has two daughters.
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Bernardo Rezende besides lecturer is a businessman on several fronts separate business and is part of the board of directors of all of them:.