Renan Dal Zotto
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.jpg) Dal Zotto in 2019 | |||||
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| Full name | Renan Dal Zotto | ||||
| Born | 19 July 1960 São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||
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| Current team | Funvic Taubaté | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Number | 6 | ||||
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Renan Dal Zotto (born 19 July 1960), more commonly known as Renan, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in three Summer Olympics and former head coach of the Brazilian men's national volleyball team. He was born in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul. In 1980, he was part of the Brazilian team that finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches.
Four years later, Renan won the silver medal with the Brazilian team in the 1984 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches. At the 1988 Games, he was a member of the Brazilian team that finished fourth in the 1988 Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches.
In 2015, Renan was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1]
Coaching
[edit]As coach, Renan worked mostly with clubs in Brazil, plus a season in Italy, all in the 1990s and 2000s.
In 2017, he was appointed as the new head coach of the Brazil men's team, replacing Bernardo Rezende who was in office during the last sixteen years.[2][3]
Renan was also disciplined by the FIVB when cameras clearly showed him intentionally rolling a ball on court mid rally. This was during an important 5th set in 2018 vs Russia. In his statement, he failed to apologize for the incident or admit fault.
References
[edit]- ^ "Renan Dal Zotto". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Brazil's national men's coach Rezende retires". The Associated Press. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Bra M: Official – Rezende leaves Brazil, Renan Dal Zotto is the new head coach of Olympic champions!". WorldofVolley. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
External links
[edit]- International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
- Renan Dal Zotto at Beach Volleyball Database
- Renan Dal Zotto at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Renan Dal Zotto at Olympedia
- Renan Dal Zotto at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Volleybox.net profile
- Sports-reference.com profile (archived)
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Brazilian volleyball coaches
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- People from São Leopoldo
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Outside hitters
- Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball coaches
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees