Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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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...

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

consisted of indoor 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...

 held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium
Peace and Friendship Stadium
The Stadio Eirinis kai Filias , known as S.E.F., is a multi-use indoor sports arena that is located in Faliro, Piraeus, Athens, Greece. It is the central venue of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex and is mostly known for being the long-time home court of the famous Euroleague basketball club...

 and 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....

 held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion; both were located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex
Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex
The Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Sports Complex is a complex in the coastal zone of Athens, Greece. It consists of two indoor arenas and a beach volleyball stadium, and it hosted Handball, Taekwondo, and volleyball events at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

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Medal table

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Medal summary

Men's volleyball

Giovane Gávio
Giovane Gavio
Giovane Farinazzo Gavio is a retired Brazilian volleyball coach and former player, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating The Netherlands in the final.Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio...


André Heller
André Heller (volleyball)
André Heller is a volleyball player from Brazil. A three-time Olympian , he played as a middle-blocker...


Maurício Lima
Maurício Lima
Maurício Lima is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. He participated in both Olympic gold medals of the Brazil men's national volleyball team , against The Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and against Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, GreeceLima and Italy's...


Gilberto Godoy Filho
André Nascimento
Sérgio Santos
Sergio Santos
Sergio Jose Santos is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Draft and career as a shortstop:...


Anderson Rodrigues
Anderson Rodrigues (volleyball)
Anderson Rodrigues is a Brazilian volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...


Nalbert Bitencourt
Gustavo Endres
Gustavo Endres
Gustavo Endres is a Brazilian volleyball player.With the Brazil national team he won for World Leagues , two World Cups , two World Championships and one Olympic gold medal...


Rodrigo Santana
Rodrigo Santana
Rodrigo Santana is a Brazilian volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...


Ricardo Garcia
Dante Amaral
Dante Amaral
Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral is a Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring 2,01 m and 86 kg, he plays in the position of outside hitter.-Career:...


Luigi Mastrangelo
Luigi Mastrangelo
Luigi "Gigi" Mastrangelo is an Italian volleyball player. Standing at 202 cm, he plays as middle hitter/blocker for Stamplast Martina Franca.He played 212 times for the Italian national volleyball team...


Valerio Vermiglio
Valerio Vermiglio
Valerio Vermiglio is an Italian volleyball player, who was a member of the Italian men's national team, that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....


Samuele Papi
Samuele Papi
Samuele Papi is an Italian volleyball player.Papi, standing at 1.91 m, was born in Ancona and debuted in Italy's Serie A in 1990. He current plays passing-hitter for Sisley Treviso....


Andrea Sartoretti
Andrea Sartoretti
Andrea Sartoretti is an Italian volleyball player.Sartoretti was born in Santa Lucia and debuted in the Italian Serie in 1991, winning the Award as best Under 23 player. A 1.94 cm athlete, he plays opposite hitter...


Alberto Cisolla
Alberto Cisolla
Alberto Cisolla is an Italian volleyball player.Cisolla, standing at 1.97 m for 87 kg, plays passing-hitter for Sisley Treviso....


Ventzislav Simeonov
Damiano Pippi
Damiano Pippi
Damiano Pippi is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Individual awards:...


Andrea Giani
Andrea Giani
Andrea Giani is an Italian coach and retired volleyball player who scored notable successes in the 1990s, winning three World Championships with his national team. He is 196 cm tall.-Career:...


Alessandro Fei
Alessandro Fei (volleyball)
Alessandro Fei is an Italian volleyball player.Fei won a total of 4 Italian championships, 4 national Cups and a European Champions League . He has 236 caps of Italy national team, with whose jersey he won a World Championship and two European Championships .He was chosen among the 2005 Italian...


Paolo Tofoli
Paolo Tofoli
Paolo Tofoli is an Italian volleyball player, standing at 188 cm.He played 342 times for the Italy national volleyball team. Tofoli was two time world champion in 1990 and 1994. He was also four times gold medal at the European Championship...


Paolo Cozzi
Paolo Cozzi
Paolo Cozzi is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...


Matej Černič
Matej Cernic
Matej Černic is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He is of Slovene ethnicity and belongs to the Slovene minority in Italy.-References:*...


Stanislav Dineykin
Stanislav Dineykin
Stanislav Anatolevich Dineykin is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.He was born in Blagodarny....


Sergei Baranov
Pavel Abramov
Pavel Abramov
Pavel Abramov is a volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2005 European Championship in Rome and Belgrade...


Aleksey Kazakov
Sergey Tetyukhin
Vadim Khamuttskikh
Vadim Khamuttskikh
Vadim Anatolyevich Khamuttskikh |Asha]], Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the men's national team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Moscow, Russia...


Aleksandr Kosarev
Aleksandr Kosarev
Aleksandr Borisovich Kosarev is a volleyball player from Russia.He was born in Rivne.Kosarev competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Russia claimed the bronze medal by defeating the United States in the play-off for the third place.-References:* *...


Konstantin Ushakov
Konstantin Ushakov
Konstantin Anatolyevich Ushakov is a retired volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Playing as a setter he won the 2002 Volleyball World League with Russia, and the 1999 World Cup...


Taras Khtey
Taras Khtey
Taras Yurevich Khtey is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.He was born in the Ukrainian SSR.In 2004 he was part of the Russian team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played seven matches....


Andrey Egorchev
Andrey Egorchev
Andrey Nikolaevich Egorchev is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.He was born in the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic....


Aleksey Verbov
Aleksey Kuleshov
Women's volleyball

Chen Jing
Feng Kun
Feng Kun
Feng Kun was the China women's national volleyball team setter and captain. She was awarded MVP and Best Setter award at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where China won the gold medal in volleyball.-Notes:*Position: Setter...


Li Shan
Liu Yanan
Liu Yanan
Liu Yanan is a Chinese volleyball player. She currently plays club ball for Liaoning, and has played for the national team during many of its recent successes.-Notes:*Position: middle blocker*Height: 1.86 m...


Song Nina
Song Nina
Song Nina is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Chinese team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...


Wang Lina
Yang Hao
Zhang Na
Zhang Ping
Zhang Ping (volleyball)
Zhang Ping is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Chinese team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...


Zhang Yuehong
Zhang Yuehong
Zhang Yuehong is a female volleyball player from Liaoning, China.-Clubs: Liaoning RC Cannes Liaoning Toray Arrows -National team:*China 2000-2008-References:*...


Zhao Ruirui
Zhao Ruirui
Zhao Ruirui is a Chinese volleyball player who competed on the 2003 Volleyball World Cup winning side and made an initial appearance with the 2004 gold medal winning side before refracturing her right leg.-Notes:*Position: middle blocker...


Zhou Suhong
Zhou Suhong
Zhou Suhong is a Chinese volleyball player, who was a member of the Chinese women's national team that won the gold medal at both the World Cup and the Athens Olympic Games. She is an opposite hitter. She is married to former Chinese men's national volleyball team memberm Tang Miao. She wears...


Yevgeniya Artamonova
Lioubov Kılıç
Olga Chukanova
Olga Khrzhanovskaya
Olga Viktorovna Khrzhanovskaya is an Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She currently plays for Universitet Belgorod.-References:*...


Yekaterina Gamova
Aleksandra Korukovets
Aleksandra Korukovets
Aleksandra Petrovna Korukovets is an Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*...


Olga Nikolaeva
Olga Nikolaeva
Olga Viktorovna Nikolaeva is an Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She currently play for Dynamo Moscow.-References:*...


Yelena Plotnikova
Natalya Safronova
Natalya Safronova
Natalya Safronova , is a female volleyball player from Russia.Playing with the Russian club Zarechie Odintsovo, she won the "Best Attacker" award at the 2006-07 CEV Cup.-External links:*...


Marina Sheshenina
Marina Sheshenina
Marina Igorevna Sheshenina is a female volleyball player from Russia, who plays as a setter. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, claiming the silver...


Irina Tebenikhina
Irina Tebenikhina
Irina Tebenikhina is a female volleyball player from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...


Elizaveta Tishchenko
Elena Tyurina
Elena Tyurina
Elena Tyurina-Batukhtina is a retired female volleyball player from Russia, who made her debut for the Soviet National Team in 1986...


Zoila Barros
Zoila Barros
Zoila Barros Fernandez is a volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000...


Rosir Calderón
Rosir Calderon
Rosir Calderón Díaz is a Cuban volleyball player, who was a member of the Cuban women's national team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics....


Nancy Carrillo
Nancy Carrillo
Nancy Carillo de la Paz is a female volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she won the bronze medal with the national team in the women's team competition...


Ana Fernández
Ana Fernández
Ana Ivis Fernández Valle is a Cuban volleyball player, and three times Olympic Champion as a member of the Cuban winning team in 1992, 1996 and 2000.-Individual awards:* 1998 World Championship "Best Spiker"-References:...


Maybelis Martínez
Maybelis Martínez
Maybelis Martínez Adlun is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Cuban team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...


Liana Mesa
Liana Mesa
Liana Mesa Luaces is a volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she won the bronze medal with the national team in the women's team competition. Liana signed for volleyball club "Red Star" Belgrade, Serbia on 2 February...


Anniara Muñoz
Anniara Muñoz
Anniara Muñoz Carrazana is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Cuban team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...


Yaima Ortíz
Yaima Ortíz
Yaima Ortíz Charro is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Cuban team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament....


Daimí Ramírez
Daimí Ramírez
Daimí D. Ramírez Echevarría is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Cuban team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament....


Yumilka Ruíz
Yumilka Ruiz
Yumilka Ruíz Luaces is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1996 and 2000; she also claimed the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.She...


Marta Sánchez
Marta Sánchez (volleyball)
Marta Sánchez Salfrán is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Cuban team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...


Dulce Téllez
Dulce Téllez
Dulce María Téllez Palacio is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Cuban team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...

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