里卡多•阿列克斯•桑托斯（ricardo alex santos） （排球 巴西）
athens, 17 august 2004, games of the xxviii olympiad. men's beach volleyball: ricardo alex santos of brazil spikes the ball past joshua slack of australia during the preliminary round at the faliro coastal zone complex.
born: 6 january 1975
birthplace: salvador (brazil)
nationality: brazil
sport: volleyball
attendance at the olympic games
sydney 2000
athens 2004
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 1
silver: 1
the block machine
known as "the block machine" because of his efficiency at the net, ricardo santos began competing in beach volleyball at the age of 19 without ever having played indoor volleyball. by 2000, he and his partner, zé marco, were one of the two top-ranked teams in the world. in the olympic final on bondi beach in sydney, they faced americans dain blanton and eric fonoimoana, against whom they had a career record of 4-0. ricardo and zé marco led the first set 11-8, but the american pair won 12-11. in the second set ricardo and zé marco trailed early, but closed the gap to 9-10 before falling 9-12 and ending up with silver medals. in 2003 ricardo joined with a new partner, emanuel rego, and the two won the world championship. at the 2004 olympics in athens, ricardo and emanuel were hard-pressed in the semifinals by patrick heuscher and stefan kobel of switzerland. after splitting the first two sets, ricardo and emanuel trailed 9-10 in the deciding set before coming from behind to win 15-12. in the final against javier bosma and pablo herrera of spain, the brazilian pair never trailed and won 21-16, 21-15.
生日：1975年1月6日
出生地：萨尔瓦多，巴西
国籍: 巴西
项目: 排球
参加奥运会时间：
2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会
2004年希腊雅典夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌1 枚
银牌1枚
拦网机器
因为在球场上拦网的高效率，巴西排球运动员里卡多•阿列克斯•桑托斯获得了“拦网机器”的美名，在没有任何室内排球比赛经历情况下，桑托斯19岁开始参加沙滩排球比赛。到2000年的时候，他和他的搭档马克已经名列世界排名前两位。悉尼奥运的沙滩排球比赛在邦迪海滩举行，他们与一对美国运动员争夺最后的金牌，在第一局比赛中，桑托斯和马克以11-8领先第一局，但在关键时刻连丢四分，以11-12丢掉第一局，在第二局中，他们以9-12再次失利，夺得奥运银牌。2003年，桑托斯开始与里戈搭档，并夺取世界锦标赛冠军。2004年雅典奥运会上，桑托斯和里戈一路顺利的杀到决赛，并以21-16和21-15夺取男子沙滩排球的奥运金牌。