Brazilian volleyball player and coachIn this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Farinazzo and the second or paternal family name is Gavio. Honours Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team 2004 Athens TeamWorld Championship 2002 Argentina TeamWorld Cup 2003 *an Team 1995 *an TeamWorld Grand Champions Cup1997 *anTeam1993 *anTeam2001 *anTeamWorld League 1993 São Paulo 2001 Katowice 2003 Madrid 2004 Rome Team 1995 Rio de Janeiro 2002 Belo Horizonte 1990 Osaka 1994 Milan 1999 Mar del Plata2000 RotterdamPan American Games1991 HavanaTeam1999 WinnipegTeam 2003 Santo Domingo TeamSouth American Championship1989 Brazil1991 Brazil1993 Argentina1995 Brazil1997 Venezuela1999 Argentina2001 Colombia2003 Brazil

Giovane Farinazzo Gavio (born September 7, 1970 in Juiz de Fora), known as Giovane, is a retired Brazilian volleyball coach and former player, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating The Netherlands (3-0) in the final.

Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Later on he started a career in beach volleyball. As of the present day, he is the head coach of Superliga's most recent champions, SESI São Paulo. He is the only Brazilian player (and second overall, after Javier Weber) to win the Superliga both as player and coach.

Individual awards

• 1989 FIVB World Cup "Best Blocker"
• 1993 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2003 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"

External links

• Giovane Gavio at the International Olympic Committee
• Giovane at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Profile at geocities.com/volleyballplus
• Profile at esporte.uol.com.br (in Portuguese)
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-06) (in Portuguese)