Fábio Luiz Magalhães

Fábio Luiz Magalhães de Jesus ( born March 13, 1979 in Marataízes, Brazil) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, world champion and silver medalist at the Olympic Games.

Career

Magalhães first played from 1999 to 2000 at Barao Ceval and Alvares Cabral in 2001 Indoor Volleyball, before the game in the sand turned to. With the beach volleyball world champion of 1999, Jose Loiola Fabio Luiz denied the FIVB Tour 2003 and reached best result a ninth place. The next year there was with the new partner Paulo Emilio already a bronze medal at the tournament in Mallorca.

With Márcio Araújo started for Fabio Luiz Magalhaes most successful period of his career so far Beach. He was voted the best blocker and Most Improved Player of the FIVB Beach Series 2005. In the same and the following year Fábio Luiz Araújo and stood at seven events at the top of the podium place at 28 events reached the two Brazilians nineteen times the semi-finals, while there were seventeen times a medal. The highlight was winning the world title in Berlin in 2005. There, they won the South Americans after the defeat in their opening game of nine games in a row.

This success they could at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 not repeat all, after winning the semi-final against their compatriots Ricardo Santos / Emanuel Rego lost Magalhães / Araújo the final against the Americans Rogers / Dalhausser and picked silver. The following year no longer was so successful for the two Brazilians. Had they not at least have won a FIVB tournament in 2007 and three in 2008, there were 2009 as a best finish a third place in Brasilia.

From a medal Fábio Luiz was far away in the previous tournaments in 2010. With Harley Marques Silva, he was in the capital of his home country Brasilia Seventeenth, with Bruno de Paula just handed in Moscow even only for 25th place.

Private

With his wife Barbara Fabio Luiz Magalhaes has a son since early June 2009.