Carlos Arthur Nuzman is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian lawyer and a former volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 player, having competed professionally from 1957 to 1972 and represented the national team

Brazil men's national volleyball team

The Brazil men's national volleyball team is the national team of Brazil. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol and takes part in international volleyball competitions...

 between 1962 and 1968. Nuzman was part of the first Brazilian male volleyball team at the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

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, when the sport debuted at the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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He was president of the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol

Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol

The Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol is the governing body of volleyball and beach volleyball in Brazil. Formed in 1954, its headquarters are in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro...

(CBV) for twenty years (1975–1995), a period where the national teams excelled at international level. Since 1995, Nuzman is the president of the Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (COB; Brazilian Olympic Committee) and a member of the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

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 (IOC) and Pan American Sports Organisation

Pan American Sports Organisation

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 (PASO).

Nuzman acts currently as the Rio de Janeiro Organising Committee for the Olympic Games chairman after being the leader of the successful Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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 bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

2016 Summer Olympics

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