Douglas Souza
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| Full name | Douglas Correia de Souza | ||||
| Nationality |  Brazilian | ||||
| Born | 20 August 1995 Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, SP, Brazil | ||||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 338 cm (133 in) | ||||
| Block | 317 cm (125 in) | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Douglas Correia de Souza (born 20 August 1995) is a Brazilian volleyball player, former member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team, 2016 Olympic Champion,[1] silver medallist of the 2014 World Championship, gold medallist of the 2019 World Cup, two–time South American Champion (2017, 2019). On the club level, he plays for Vôlei Taubaté.
Personal life
He is openly gay.[2][3] He is currently the most followed volleyball player in the world on Instagram.[4][5]
Sporting achievements
Clubs
- National championships
- 2018/2019
Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Taubaté - 2019/2020
Brazilian SuperCup, with Vôlei Taubaté - 2020/2021 Brazilian SuperCup, with Vôlei Taubaté
- 2018/2019
Youth national team
- 2011
CSV U17 South American Championship - 2012 CSV U19 South American Championship
- 2013
FIVB U21 World Championship - 2014 CSV U21 South American Championship
- 2014 CSV U23 South American Championship
Individual awards
- 2012: CSV U19 South American Championship – Best server
- 2014: CSV U21 South American Championship – Most valuable player
- 2014: CSV U23 South American Championship – Most valuable player
- 2015: Pan American Games – Best outside hitter
- 2018: FIVB World Championship – Best outside spiker
References
- ^ "Douglas Correia DE SOUZA". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ Redação (April 16, 2020). "Douglas: "Quero ser lembrado como o 1º homossexual a jogar vôlei em alto nível no Brasil"". Web Vôlei.
- ^ Pasini, Gian Luca (2020-04-18). ""Voglio essere ricordato come il primo omosessuale di alto livello"" (in Italian). Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "Douglas Souza se torna o jogador de vôlei mais seguido do mundo nas redes".
- ^ "Muito antes dos 2 milhões de seguidores: como foi o 1º post do 'fenômeno' Douglas Souza nas redes sociais". ESPN.com (in Portuguese). 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
External links
- Player profile at Olympic.org
- Player profile at WorldofVolley.com
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- 2013 FIVB U21 World Championship – Team Brazil
- 2018 FIVB World Championship – Team Brazil
- 2019 FIVB World Cup – Team Brazil
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Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Gay sportsmen
- LGBT volleyball players
- Brazilian gay men
- Brazilian LGBT sportspeople
- People from Santa Bárbara d'Oeste
- Brazilian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Brazilian LGBT people
- Outside hitters
- Sportspeople from São Paulo (state)