Franco Neto
{{short description|Brazilian beach volleyball player (born 1966)}}
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| fullname = Franco José Vieira Neto
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 11, 1966}}
| birth_place = Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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| height = 6'4"
| teammates = Roberto Lopes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's beach volleyball }}
{{MedalCountry | {{BRA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 1999 Winnipeg | Beach }}
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Franco José Vieira Neto (born November 11, 1966, in Fortaleza, Ceará) is a former beach volleyball player from Brazil who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, partnering with Roberto Lopes. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
References
- {{Beach Volleyball Database|149|Franco José Vieira Neto}}
External links
- {{FIVB beach player|name=Franco José Vieira Neto}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|franco-jose-vieira-neto|Franco José Vieira Neto}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|ne/franco-neto-1|archive=20161203171050}}
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{{Succession box
| before = {{flagathlete|Sinjin Smith
and Randy Stoklos | USA}}
| title = Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner
alongside {{flagicon|BRA}} Roberto Lopes
| years = 1993
| after = {{flagathlete|Jan Kvalheim
and Bjørn Maaseide | NOR}}
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{{Succession box
| before = {{flagathlete|Jan Kvalheim
and Bjørn Maaseide | NOR}}
| title = Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner
alongside {{flagicon|BRA}} Roberto Lopes
| years = 1995
| after = {{flagathlete|Emanuel Rego
and Zé Marco de Melo | BRA}}
}}
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{{Succession box
| before = {{flagathlete|Mark Heese | CAN}}
| title = Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Inspirational"
| years = 2006–2007
| after = {{flagathlete|Todd Rogers | USA}}
}}
{{Succession box
| before = {{flagathlete|Emanuel Rego | BRA}}
| title = Men's FIVB World Tour "Sportsperson"
| years = 2006–2007
| after = {{flagathlete|Phil Dalhausser | USA}}
}}
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Category:Brazilian men's beach volleyball players
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
Category:Sportspeople from Fortaleza
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in volleyball
Category:Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
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