{{short description|Brazilian volleyball player}} {{Other uses|Rodrigão (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Rodrigo Santana | image = Rodrigão (15695350830).jpg | alt = | caption = | fullname = <!--if different--> | nickname = Rodrigão | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|17 April 1979}} | birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil | position = Middle blocker | height = 2.05 m | weight = 85 kg | spike = 350 cm | block = 328 cm | currentnumber = | currentclub = Retired | years1 = 1996–2000 | years2 = 2000–2003 | years3 = 2003–2004 | years4 = 2004–2005 | years5 = 2005–2009 | years6 = 2009–2011 | years7 = 2011–2012 | years8 = 2013–2014 | years9 = 2014–2015 | years10 = 2014–2015 | club1 = ECUS/Suzano | club2 = EC Banespa | club3 = 4Torri Ferrara Volley | club4 = ECUS/Suzano | club5 = Lube Volley | club6 = EC Pinheiros | club7 = SESI São Paulo | club8 = RJX | club9 = Barij Essence Kashan VC | club10 = Palembang Bank Sumsel Babel | nationalyears = 2000–2012 | nationalteam = {{vb|Brazil}} | years = | clubs = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's volleyball }} {{Medal|Country | {{BRA}} }} center|80px {{MedalCount |Olympic Games|1|2|0 |World Championship|3|0|0 |World Cup|2|0|1 |World Grand Champions Cup|2|1|0 |World League|8|2|1 |Pan American Games|1|0|1 |'''Total'''|'''17'''|'''5'''|'''3''' }} {{Medal|Competition | Olympic Games }} {{Medal|Gold | 2004 Athens | Team }} {{Medal|Silver | 2008 Beijing | Team }} {{Medal|Silver | 2012 London | Team }} {{Medal|Competition | World Championship }} {{Medal|Gold | 2002 Argentina | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2006 Japan | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2010 Italy | Team }} {{Medal|Competition | World Cup }} {{Medal|Gold | 2003 Japan | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2007 Japan | Team }} {{Medal|Bronze | 2011 Japan | Team }} {{MedalCompetition|World Grand Champions Cup}} {{MedalGold|2005 Japan|Team}} {{MedalGold|2009 Japan|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2001 Japan|Team}} {{Medal|Competition | World League }} {{MedalGold|2001 Katowice | Team}} {{Medal|Gold | 2003 Madrid | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2004 Rome | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2005 Belgrade | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2006 Moscow | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2007 Katowice | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2009 Belgrade | Team }} {{Medal|Gold | 2010 Córdoba | Team }} {{Medal|Silver | 2002 Belo Horizonte | Team }} {{Medal|Silver | 2011 Gdańsk | Team }} {{MedalBronze|2000 Rotterdam|Team}} {{Medal|Competition | Pan American Games }} {{Medal|Gold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Team }} {{Medal|Bronze | 2003 Santo Domingo | Team }} {{MedalCompetition | South American Championship }} {{MedalGold | 2011 Cuiabá | Team }} }}
'''Rodrigo Santana''' (born 17 April 1979), commonly known as '''Rodrigão''', is a Brazilian former volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109261 | title=Olympedia – Rodrigão }}</ref> Santana with brazil team won the World Championship in 2002 Argentina, 2006 Japan and 2010 Italy. He also won the World Cup, the Pan-American Games, and the South American Championship, in Chile, where he was elected as the Best attacker.
He was born in São Paulo.<ref name="Beijing2008">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/201873.shtml |title=SANTANA, Rodrigo |website=Beijing2008.cn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912033630/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/201873.shtml |archive-date=2008-09-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Rodrigão (full name: Rodrigo Santana) |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/rodrigao-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190126/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/rodrigao-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |accessdate=2016-01-08}}</ref>
==Sporting achievements== ===Clubs=== * '''1996/1997''' 16px Brazilian Superliga, with Minas Tênis Clube * '''2005/2006''' 16px Italian League, with Lube Volley
====CEV Challenge Cup==== * 16px 2005/2006 – with Lube Volley
=== National team === * '''2000''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2001''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2001''' 16px South American Championship * '''2001''' 16px FIVB World Grand Champions Cup * '''2002''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2002''' 16px FIVB World Championship * '''2003''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2003''' 16px Pan American Games * '''2003''' 16px South American Championship * '''2003''' 16px FIVB World Cup * '''2004''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2004''' 16px Olympic Games * '''2005''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2005''' 16px South American Championship * '''2005''' 16px FIVB World Grand Champions Cup * '''2006''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2006''' 16px FIVB World Championship * '''2007''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2007''' 16px Pan American Games * '''2007''' 16px South American Championship * '''2007''' 16px FIVB World Cup * '''2008''' 16px Olympic Games * '''2009''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2009''' 16px South American Championship * '''2009''' 16px FIVB World Grand Champions Cup * '''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
===Individual=== * '''2007''' South American Championship – Best Spiker * '''2011''' South American Club Championship – Best Blocker
==References== <references />
==External links== {{Commons}} * {{Olympics.com|rodrigo-santana|Rodrigo Santana|org_archive=20210420180918}} * {{BOC}} * {{Olympedia}}
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