Marcelo Negrão
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Marcelo Teles Negrão (born October 10, 1972 in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

) is a 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 from 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...

, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball 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...

 that won the gold medal at the olleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]ipacion] in Barcelona, Spain by defeating The Netherlands in the final. He currently plays beach volleyball
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

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En el año de 1991, a un año de la participacion del equipo Brasileño en la Olimpiada de España, se preparaba para el gran evento enfrentando a distintos equipos, fuerte y rapido el juego boricua, y como no contando con el que en ese momento era considerado el mejor jugador del mundo MARCELO TALES NEGRAO, en un partido sin razon alguna enfrentaron a un desconocido pero agerrido equipo que venia de ganar las eliminatorias al mundial en Grecia tras vencer a Republica Dominicana en donde sobresalio un jugador Azteca completamente desconocido con una altura de 1.93 cm y alcance al brinco de mas de 3.70 cm el que hasta nuestros dias solo se le conoce como el Mexicanito que gano a Negrao de apellido Leyva que en un partido sin promocion alguna demostro su valia al desaparecer por completo al entonces mejor jugador del mundo con distintos remates y bloqueos este equipo dejo en duda si realmente Brasil tenia al mejor desgraciadamente despues de ese encuentro poco se supo ya de aquel conjunto que maravillo a propios y extraños al demostrar que no existe enemigo pequeño.

Individual awards

  • 1992 FIVB World League "Best Spiker"
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