Ary Graça

{{Short description|Brazilian volleyball player (born 1943)}}

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| term_start = 21 September 2012

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Ary da Silva Graça Filho (born 23 April 1943) is a Brazilian{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/FIVB/President.asp|title=FIVB President|website=FIVB.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331192019/http://www.fivb.org/EN/FIVB/President.asp|date=8 January 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|access-date=30 June 2019|url-status=live}} former volleyball player and the current president of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).{{Cite web|url=https://www.volleyball.world/en/vnl/2018/news/fivb-president-ary-graa-launches-mens-vnl?id=76370|title=VNL2018 - News detail - FIVB President Ary Graça launches Men's VNL Finals in style - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018|website=volleyball.world|access-date=30 June 2019}}

He was a member of Brazil's national team from 1963 to 1968. Before presidency of FIVB, Graça was President of the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) from 2003 to 2012 and Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) from 1997 to 2012. During the 33rd FIVB world congress at Anaheim, USA on September 21, 2012, Graça elected as the fourth FIVB president.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Congress/2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=36837|title=FIVB 33rd World Congress|date=10 Aug 2017|website=FIVB.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701221534/http://www.fivb.org/EN/Congress/2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=36837|archive-date=1 July 2019|url-status=live|access-date=30 June 2019}} He is currently a member of the IOC Marketing Commission.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/en/fivb/Document/FIVBPresidentGraca_CV_English.pdf|title=FIVBPresidentGraca_CV_English|website=FIVB.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171354/http://www.fivb.org/en/fivb/Document/FIVBPresidentGraca_CV_English.pdf|date=10 Aug 2017|archive-date=10 August 2017|access-date=30 June 2019|url-status=live}}

Graça holds a Bachelor's degree in Law, and speaks Portuguese natively, as well as English, French, Spanish and Italian.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

In 2021, the Rio de Janeiro police said they are investigating Graça for tax fraud, money laundering and identity fraud.[https://apnews.com/article/brazil-volleyball-sports-0b6247ba6ea536ddc68cc3e40d4d9dc7 Head of volleyball body targeted by Brazilian fraud probe] - Mauricio Savarese, AP Sports, 20 May 2021 In 2022, the Second Criminal Court of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro unanimously cancelled the criminal action, as it "confirmed that the latest allegations were the same as previous allegations which were proven to be false, and from which Graça was exonerated by the Public Prosecutor of the State of Rio de Janeiro in 2019".{{cite web|url = https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127394/fivb-president-ary-graca-development-cvc|title = International volleyball development supercharged by FIVB President Graça|last = Rowbottom|first = Mike|date = 28 August 2022|publisher = Inside the Games|access-date = 24 January 2024}}