Maurício Lima Biography

Brazilian volleyball playerIn this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Camargo and the second or paternal family name is Lima. Honours Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team 2004 Athens TeamWorld Championship2002 ArgentinaTeamWorld Cup 2003 *an TeamWorld Grand Champions Cup2001 *anTeamWorld League1993 São Paulo 2001 Katowice 2003 Madrid 2004 Rome Team1995 Rio de Janeiro 2002 Belo Horizonte 1994 MilanPan American Games1991 HavanaTeam 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Maurício Camargo Lima (born January 27, 1968, in Campinas) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. He won two Olympic gold medals with the Brazilian national volleyball team, the first against the Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the second against Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Lima also won five Volleyball World Leagues (1993, 2001, 2003 and 2004), the 2002 World Championship, and the 2003 World Cup.

Awards

Individuals

  • 1993 FIVB World League "Best Setter"
  • 2002 FIVB World Championship "Best Setter"

External links

  • Profile at uol.com.br at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-12-09)
  • FIVB
  • Mauricio (full name: Maurício Camargo Lima) at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)