Beach Volleyball - Team Alison/Alvaro Filho

General
Alison Cerutti is the reigning Olympic champion, having won gold alongside Bruno Schmidt in 2016 before the pair parted ways in 2018. After a brief spell with Andre Stein, he and Alvaro Filho teamed up in 2019. Alvaro played with several partners in 2018 and 2019 after parting ways with Saymon Barbosa. Tokyo will mark Alvaro's Olympic debut, while it will be Alison's third Games. Nicknamed 'Mammoth', Alison is one of only three male beach volleyball players, all Brazilians, to have won two or more Olympic medals, having also claimed silver in London alongside Emanuel Rego.

Shortly after teaming up, Alison and Alvaro won their first World Tour title together in Kuala Lumpur in April 2019. At the duo's world championship debut in 2019 they lost in the round of 16. Alison won the tournament in 2011 and 2015, while Alvaro's best world championship result is silver in 2013.