José Loiola

{{short description|Brazilian beach volleyball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = José Loiola | image = | caption = | fullname = José Geraldo Loiola | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 28, 1970}} | birth_place = Vitória, Brazil | height = 6'4" | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's beach volleyball }} {{MedalCountry | {{BRA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1999 Marseille | Beach }} {{MedalSilver | 2001 Klagenfurt | Beach }} }}

'''José Geraldo Loiola''' (born March 28, 1970)<ref name="Volleyhall" /> is a Brazilian former beach volleyball player. He won the gold medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, partnering with Emanuel Rego.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/beachvolleyball/competitions/beach-volleyball-world-championships-tlaxcala-2023/competition/past-winners |title=Past winners |website=Volleyballworld.com |access-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723102617/https://en.volleyballworld.com/beachvolleyball/competitions/beach-volleyball-world-championships-tlaxcala-2023/competition/past-winners |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Loiola began playing beach volleyball in the AVP in 1993 with partner Eduardo "Anjinho" Bacil.<ref name="Volleyhall" /> He was selected as the AVP Rookie of the Year in 1993.<ref name="BVD" /> He eventually won 11 tournaments partnering with Adam Johnson and 17 partnering with Kent Steffes.<ref name="Volleyhall" /> He was named MVP of the AVP tour in 1997, and was voted Best Offensive Player of the AVP four times.<ref name="Volleyhall">{{Cite web |url=https://www.volleyhall.org/jose-loiola.html |title=Jose Loiola |access-date=July 23, 2023 |website=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207091640/https://www.volleyhall.org/jose-loiola.html |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> In total, he won 55 tournaments and $1,900,000 in prize money in the AVP and FIVB.<ref name="BVD">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=77 |website=Beach Volleyball Database |title=José Geraldo Loiola |access-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518140352/http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=77 |archive-date=May 18, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> Loiola was noted for his exceptional vertical jump.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-20-sp-25548-story.html |title=Shaquille’s Surprise Visit Overshadows Event |last=Reilley |first=Mike |date=August 20, 1993 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 23, 2023 }} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="Outside">{{Cite magazine |magazine=Outside |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/patient-approach-and-all-tools-jos-loiola-stands-poised-become-new-king-beach/ |title=With a patient approach and all the tools, José Loiola stands poised to become the new King of the Beach |last=Dodd |first=Johnny |date=May 1997 |location=Boulder, Colorado |access-date=July 25, 2023 }} {{subscription required}}</ref>

Loiola represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,<ref name="USA">{{Cite web |last=Scholzen |first=Kyle |url=https://usavolleyball.org/story/jose-loiola-joins-beach-national-team-staff/ |title=Jose Loiola Joins Beach National Team Staff |date=April 22, 2022 |website=USAVolleyball |access-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321015842/https://usavolleyball.org/story/jose-loiola-joins-beach-national-team-staff/ |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT-2000">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/19/olympics/americans-lucky-in-losses.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 19, 2000 |title=Americans Lucky in Losses |access-date=September 29, 2024 }} {{subscription required}}</ref> and added a silver medal to his tally a year later at the 2001 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Klagenfurt, alongside Ricardo Santos.<ref name="Klagenfurt">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/tournament.asp?ID=1106 |title=Men's FIVB US$250,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships August 1-5, 2001 Klagenfurt, Austria |access-date=July 23, 2023 |website=Beach Volleyball Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324095210/http://www.bvbinfo.com/tournament.asp?ID=1106 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Hall of Fame==

In 2014, Loiola was inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame.<ref name="BVD" /> In 2017, he was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.<ref name="Volleyhall" />

==Coaching==

Loiola coached Sara Hughes and Kelly Claes of the United States in preparation for the 2020 Olympic beach volleyball qualification.<ref name="Volleyhall" /> He currently works as a coach for the United States beach national team.<ref name="USA" />

==Awards== * AVP Rookie of the Year 1993 * AVP Most Valuable Player 1997 * Four-time AVP Best Offensive Player 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 * Gold Medal at World Championships at Marseille 1999 * CBVA Hall of Fame 2014 * International Volleyball Hall of Fame 2017

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Beach Volleyball Database | 77 | José Loiola }} * {{Olympics.com profile|jose-loiola-jr}} * [https://bvbhof.com/webpart1/player_detail_kiosk1.asp?p=338 CBVA Hall of Fame] * [https://beach.volleybox.net/jose-loiola-p4445 Volleybox.net profile]

{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{Succession box | before = {{flagathlete|Guilherme Marques and Rogerio Ferreira | BRA}} | title = Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside {{flagicon|BRA}} Emanuel Rego | years = 1999 | after = {{flagathlete|Ricardo Santos and Zé Marco de Melo | BRA}} }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loiola, Jose}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian men's beach volleyball players Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil Category:International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen