Giovane Farinazzo Gavio (born September 7, 1970 in Juiz de Fora), known as Giovane, 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 (3-0) in the final.

Giovane Gávio
Personal information
Full name	Giovane Farinazzo Gavio
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	September 7, 1970 (1970-09-07) (age 52) Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Spike	340 cm (134 in)
Block	322 cm (127 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside spiker
National team
1989–2004 Brazil
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Brazil Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championship 1 0 0 World Cup 1 0 1 World Grand Champions Cup 1 2 0 World League 4 2 4 Pan American Games 0 2 1 South American Championship 8 0 0 Total 17 6 6 Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team 2004 Athens Team World Championship 2002 Argentina Team World Cup 2003 Japan Team 1995 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan Team 1993 Japan Team 2001 Japan Team World League 1993 São Paulo 2001 Katowice 2003 Madrid 2004 Rome Team 1995 Rio de Janeiro 2002 Belo Horizonte 1990 Osaka 1994 Milan 1999 Mar del Plata 2000 Rotterdam Pan American Games 1991 Havana Team 1999 Winnipeg Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team South American Championship 1989 Brazil 1991 Brazil 1993 Argentina 1995 Brazil 1997 Venezuela 1999 Argentina 2001 Colombia 2003 Brazil

Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Later on he started a career in beach volleyball. As of the present day, he is the head coach of Superliga's most recent champions, SESI São Paulo. He is the only Brazilian player (and second overall, after Javier Weber) to win the Superliga both as player and coach.

Individual awards

• 1989 FIVB World Cup "Best Blocker"
• 1993 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2003 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"

External links

• Giovane Gavio at the International Olympic Committee
• Giovane at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Profile at geocities.com/volleyballplus^{[dead link]}
• Profile at esporte.uol.com.br (in Portuguese)
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-06) (in Portuguese)

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[ru] Гавио, Джоване