Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball)

{{Short description|Brazilian beach volleyball player (born 1975)}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Ricardo Santos

| image = Ricardo Santos.JPG

| caption = Santos at Patria Direct Open 2012

| fullname = Ricardo Alex Costa Santos

| nickname =

| nationality = Brazilian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|01|06|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

| married. = Luciana Argolo Di Tullio Reis

| death_date =

| death_place =

| hometown = João Pessoa

| height = {{convert|200|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|103|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| currentteammate = Emanuel Rego

| currentyears = 2009

| currenttours (currentpoints) =

| years =

| teammates =

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| resultyears = 2004

| location = Athens

| result = 1st

| updated = 7 July 2013

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's beach volleyball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{BRA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2004|Beach volleyball}}|Beach}}

{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2000|Beach volleyball}}|Beach}}

{{MedalBronze|{{GamesName|SOG|2008|Beach volleyball}}|Beach}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2003 Rio de Janeiro | Beach }}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Klagenfurt | Beach }}

{{MedalSilver | 2011 Rome | Beach }}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Stare Jabłonki | Beach }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Beach }}

}}

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos (born 6 January 1975) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player.

Santos won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with partner Zé Marco de Melo. Santos also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There he claimed the gold medal, teaming up with Emanuel Rego, with whom he won the world title in October 2003. The same pairing went on to win the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.{{Cite web | url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/beijing-2008/beach-volleyball/beach-volleyball-m | title = Beijing 2008 – Men's Beach Volleyball | access-date = 24 August 2014 | website = www.olympic.org | publisher = IOC }}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he teamed with Pedro Cunha, but they lost in the quarter-finals.{{Cite web | url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/beach-volleyball/beach-volleyball-m | title = London 2012 – Men's Beach Volleyball | access-date = 24 August 2014 | website = www.olympic.org | publisher = IOC }}