SOUZA Ricardo Lucarelli

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2014	Poland

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2021	Italy
4	Men	2019	United States of America

World League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2017

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Japan

Grand Champions Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2017	Japan

Lucao, Luca (alessandramenga.com.br, 01 Jan 2020; globoesporte.globo.com, 01 Nov 2017)

Athlete

English, Portuguese

Trentino Volley [Trento, ITA] since 2020/21

Angelo Lorenzetti [club], ITA; Renan Dal Zotto [national], BRA

Wing spiker (espn.uol.com.br, 16 Apr 2015)

In November 2017 he sustained an Achilles tendon injury that required surgery. He missed eight months, including the rest of the 2017/18 club season. (globoesporte.globo.com, 28 Nov 2017, 04 Apr 2020; cbv.com.br, 12 May 2019)

SuperLega [ITA] (worldofvolley.com, 04 Apr 2020)

He took up volleyball at age 14. (folha.uol.com.br, 14 Sep 2014)

He was influenced by his sister, who was involved in sport. "I began swimming because of her, and also volleyball. I ended up practising the sports she was doing." He also played football because of his father's influence. "I practised football for six years. I was good after being so bad at the beginning, but then I switched to volleyball. My football coach wanted me to return but I was already playing volleyball and didn't want to." (folha.uol.com.br, 14 Sep 2014; globoesporte.globo.com, 01 Nov 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (otempo.com.br, 24 Jan 2020)

Winning gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (gazetaesportiva.com, 08 Dec 2018)

His sister. (torcerpeloesporte.com.br, 15 Dec 2014)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2018/19 Brazilian Superliga season. (globoesporte.globo.com, 04 Apr 2020)

He was named MVP and Best Outside Hitter of the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup in Japan. (espn.com.br, 17 Sep 2017)

He was named Best Outside Hitter at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (globoesporte.globo.com, 04 Apr 2020)

He was named Best Outside Hitter at the 2014 World Championships in Poland, and in the 2013 and 2014 editions of the World League. (cev.lu, 21 Jul 2013; FIVB, 24 Jul 2014; poland2014.fivb.org, 21 Sep 2014)

In 2016 he received a Sports Merit award from the municipality of Contagem, Brazil. (diariodecontagem.com.br, 07 Jun 2016)

In 2013 he was named MVP at the world U23 championships in Uberlandia, Brazil, and at the Pan American Cup in Mexico City, Mexico. (norceca.net, 25 Aug 2013; FIVB, 06 Apr 2016)