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Encyclopedia > Giba
Giba
Personal information
Full name Gilberto Amaury de Godoy Filho
Date of birth 23 December 1976
Place of birth    Londrina, Brazil
Height 192cm
Playing position Wing-spiker
Club information
Current club Iskra Odincovo
Senior clubs
Years Club
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2003
2003-2007
2007-
Chapecó São Caetano
Olympicus São Caetano
Repot Nipomed
Minas Belo Horizonte
Ferrara
Piemonte Volley
Iskra Odincovo
National team
Brazil
Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Brazil
Men’s Volleyball
Olympics Games
Gold 2004 Athens Team Competition
World Championship
Gold Argentina 2002 Team Competition
Gold Japan 2006 Team Competition
World League
Gold 2001 Katowice Team competition
Gold 2003 Madrid Team competition
Gold 2004 Rome Team competition
Gold 2005 Belgrade Team competition
Gold 2006 Moscow Team competition
Gold 2007 Katowice Team competition
Silver 2002 Belo Horizonte Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold Rio de Janeiro 2007 Team Competition
Bronze Santo Domingo 2003 Team Competition

Gilberto Amaury de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born December 23, 1976 in Londrina) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. He is considered one of the best wing attackers in the world, if not the best. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1920x2560, 3781 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Giba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of the Paraná, Brazil, and is the 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. ... Club Name Piemonte Volley Image Arena Palasport di Cuneo Cuneo Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Indoor volleyball events have been contested at the Summer Olympic Games since 1964. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... Mens Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex between August 15 and August 29. ... 2006 Logo The Volleyball World Championship is a mens and womens volleyball competition. ... Official logo Below youll find all participating squads of the 2002 FIVB Mens Volleyball World Championship, held in Salta, Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and San Juan, Argentina from September 28 to October 13, 2002. ... Official Logo Below youll find all participating squads of the 2006 FIVB Mens Volleyball World Championship, held in several cities in Japan from 17 November to 3 December, 2006. ... The World League is a mens volleyball competition. ... The FIVB World League 2006 was a volleyball tournament played by 16 countries from July 14 to August 27, 2006. ... The FIVB World League 2007 was a volleyball tournament played by 16 countries from May 25 to July 15, 2007. ... The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. ... The 2007 Pan American Games are the 15th edition of the Pan American Games currently being held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. ... The speedy deletion of this page is contested. ... The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ... This page presents the results of the Mens and Womens Volleyball Tournament during the 2003 Pan American Games, which was held from August 1 to August 17, 2003 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of the Paraná, Brazil, and is the 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ...


Giba is known for passing through many adversities in life - he had leukemia when was a baby, injured his arm badly in his childhood and was suspended for some time in 2002, after an anti-doping test was positive for marijuana. Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... In sports, doping refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids, particularly those that are forbidden by the organizations that regulate competitions. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ...


Palmares

Club

  • 1 Italian Cup (2006)
  • 1 Brazilian Championship (2001)

The Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol (Portuguese for Brazilian Volleyball Superleague) is the top level Brazilian volleyball competition and it is organized by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation. ...

National team

  • 1 Olympic Gold (2004)
  • 2 World Championships (2002, 2006)
  • 6 South American Championships (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
  • 6 World League (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
  • 1 Grand Champions Cup (1997)
  • 3 America Cup (1998, 1999, 2001)
  • 1 World Cup (2003)



Brazil - 2003 Pan American Games Bronze Medal

 Giovane |  Sérgio |  Rodrigo |  Gustavo |  André Heller |  André |  Anderson |  Giba |  Nalbert |  Dante |  Ricardinho |  Mauricio Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... The Brazil mens national volleyball team is the national team of Brazil. ... This page presents the results of the Mens and Womens Volleyball Tournament during the 2003 Pan American Games, which was held from August 1 to August 17, 2003 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Giovane Farinazzo Gavio (born September 7, 1970 in Juiz de Fora) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil, who was a member of the Brazil mens national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating The Netherlands (3-0) in... Gustavo Endres (known simply as Gustavo; born August 25, 1975) is a Brazilian volleyball player. ... Nalbert Bittencourt, known as Nalbert (born March 9, 1974 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. ... Dante Guimaraes Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980 in Itumbiara) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. ...


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sarah gibas spotlight @ the bren school of information and computer sciences (822 words)
Gibas has taken advantage of her opportunity to sample other fields by enrolling in courses outside of computer science, like Writing 31 (Short Story) that allowed her to tap into her love of reading.
It is advice Gibas takes to heart, as one can find her exploring the campus, discovering new routes, wandering through buildings she hadn't noticed before and taking in the good views from atop some of the taller campus buildings.
Gibas also works as Publicity Chair of the Hapa MIX (Multicultural Interracial eXperience) club on campus, which affords her the opportunity to make posters and help plan events and meetings, and she indulges her love for archery as a member of the UCI Archery Club.
DSU Hornets Soccer (256 words)
Gibas gave the Wildcats a 3-0 lead when she scored her first goal off a steal in the 20th minute.
Gibas scored again off a corner kick in the 33rd minute to give Wilmington a 4-0 lead.
Gibas and Amanda Beasley assisted on Malali's second goal in the 53rd minute to give Wilmington a 6-0 lead.
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