Lucas Saatkamp

{{Infobox volleyball player

| name = Lucas Saatkamp

| image = Lucas Saatkamp Rio 2016.jpg

| caption = Saatkamp at the 2016 Olympics

| nickname = Lucas, Lucão

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Colinas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

| position = Middle Blocker

| height = {{height|cm=210|precision=0}}

| weight = {{convert|101|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| spike = {{convert|340|cm|abbr=on}}

| block = {{convert|321|cm|abbr=on}}

| currentclub = {{Flagicon|BRA}} Sada Cruzeiro

| currentnumber = 16

|team1 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} Sport Club Ulbra

|years1 = 2004–2007

|team2 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} Cimed Florianópolis

|years2 = 2007–2010

|team3 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} GRER Araçatuba

|years3 = 2010–2011

|team4 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} RJX Rio de Janeiro

|years4 = 2011–2013

|team5 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} SESI São Paulo

|years5 = 2013–2015

|team6 = {{Flagicon|ITA}} DHL Modena Volley

|years6 = 2015–2016

|team7 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} SESI São Paulo

|years7 = 2016–2018

|team8 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} Funvic Taubaté

|years8 = 2018–2021

|team9 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} Brasil Vôlei Clube

|years9 = 2021–2022

|team10 = {{Flagicon|BRA}} Sada Cruzeiro

|years10 = 2022–present

| nationalyears = 2007–2024

| nationalteam = {{vb|Brazil}}

| updated = 16 December 2024

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{BRA}} }}

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}}

Lucas Saatkamp (born 6 March 1986) is a Brazilian volleyball player and a two-time Olympian. As a member of the Brazilian national volleyball team, he won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, and a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Saatkamp won a gold medal with the Brazilian national team at the 2010 World Championship, won a silver medal at the 2014 and 2018 World Championships, and has won numerous medals at the World League.

Saatkamp has played in numerous professional teams throughout his career, mostly in Brazil.

Personal life

Saatkamp was born in Colinas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. On April 27, 2015, he married his wife, Beatriz.[http://www.volleywood.net/volleyball-features/home-family/the-wedding-of-brazils-lucas-saatkamp-bea/ The Wedding Of Brazil’s Lucas Saatkamp & Bea] - volleywood.net - 29-04-2015 They have a son, Theo.

Sporting achievements

=Clubs=

FIVB Club World Championship
16px Uberlândia 2024 – with Sada Cruzeiro
16px Betim 2022 – with Sada Cruzeiro

CSV South American Club Championship
2009 16px Florianópolis – with Cimed Florianópolis

National championships
2007/2008 16px Brazilian Championship – with Cimed Florianópolis
2008/2009 16px Brazilian Championship – with Cimed Florianópolis
2009/2010 16px Brazilian Championship – with Cimed Florianópolis
2012/2013 16px Brazilian Championship – with RJX Rio de Janeiro
2015/2016 16px Italian Championship – with DHL Modena
2018/2019 16px Brazilian Superliga – with Funvic Taubaté

National trophies
2015/2016 16px Italian SuperCup – with DHL Modena
2015/2016 16px Italian Cup – with DHL Modena

=National team=

2005 16px FIVB U19 World Championship
2007 16px Pan American Games
2007 16px America's Cup
2008 16px America's Cup
2009 16px South American Championship
2009 16px World Grand Champions Cup
2009 16px FIVB World League
2010 16px FIVB World League
2010 16px FIVB World Championship
2011 16px FIVB World League
2011 16px South American Championship
2011 16px FIVB World Cup
2012 16px Olympic Games
2013 16px FIVB World League
2013 16px South American Championship
2013 16px World Grand Champions Cup
2014 16px FIVB World League
2014 16px FIVB World Championship
2015 16px South American Championship
2016 16px FIVB World League
2016 16px Olympic Games
2017 16px FIVB World League
2017 16px South American Championship
2018 16px FIVB World Championship
2019 16px FIVB World Cup
2021 16px Nations League
2021 16px South American Championship
2022 16px FIVB World Championship

=Individual awards=

2007 America's Cup – Best Server
2008 Brazil Superliga – Best Middle Blocker
2013 South American Championship – Best Spiker
2014 FIVB World League – Best Middle Blocker
2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Middle Blocker{{cite web|url=http://grandchampionscup.2017.men.fivb.com/en/news/lucas-mauricio-lead-block-party-in-brazils?id=73001|title=BRAZIL WIN RECORD FIFTH TITLE IN MEN'S WORLD GRAND CHAMPIONS CUP|publisher=FIVB.org|date=17 September 2017|accessdate=17 September 2017}}
2018 FIVB World Championship – Best Middle Blocker
2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – Best Middle Blocker
2019 FIVB World Cup – Best Middle Blocker
2024 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker

References

External links

{{FIVB player|116081}}
[http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldLeague/2008/Teams/VB_PlayerDB.asp?No=116081 Lucas Saatkamp] at FIVB.org World League 2008
{{CEV player}}
{{Olympics.com|lucas-saatkamp}}
{{Olympedia|126393}}

{{succession box

| before = {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitriy Muserskiy
{{flagicon|ITA}} Emanuele Birarelli

| after = {{flagicon|USA}} Maxwell Holt
{{flagicon|SRB}} Srećko Lisinac

| title = Best Middle Blocker of
FIVB World League

| years = 2014
ex aequo {{flagicon|USA}} David Lee

}}

{{succession box

| before = {{flagicon|USA}} Maxwell Holt and
{{flagicon|ITA}} Emanuele Birarelli

| after = TBD

| title = Best Middle Blocker of
World Grand Champions Cup

| years = 2017
ex aequo {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Piano

}}