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Good morning to all. I am tarun kumar .G.V of 10 – c here to deliver a short speech on a
great volley ball player Mr.GIBA

Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born 23 December 1976), is a

Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of
the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in the world. During
his professional career he played in Brazil, Italy, Russia, Argentina and briefly in the United
Arab Emirates. He is mostly remembered for his successes with the national team.[1]

With the Brazilian National Team he won a total of 8 South American Championships, 3
America's Cups, 8 World League titles, 3 World Grand Champions Cups, three World
Championships (2002, 2006, 2010) and the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he was the team's captain.[2]

During summer 2014, Giba retired from professional volleyball at the age of 37

Full name Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho

Nationality Brazilian
23 December 1976 (age 40)
Born
Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Spike 325 cm (128 in)
Block 312 cm (123 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Number 7

Style of play

Giba is not very tall for a volleyball player but he made up his height limitation with his
unique physical skills and jumping abilities. In his playing days he was considered one of the
best wing spikers in the world. Giba was not only appreciated for his spectacular play but he
also had desire, appeal and drive that made him loved by volleyball fans all over the world.
He was named a captain of the national team because of his leadership skills. He was
recognized for his highly energetic personality which was helping to motivate the whole
Brazilian team to play its best. Brazil was considered nearly unbeatable in the 2000s and Giba
was a big part of its success.[20][21]

Personal life

Giba was born in Londrina, but raised in Curitiba. He works with children fighting leukemia.
He was diagnosed with this disease when he was six months old.
In 2003–2012 he was married to the Romanian-Brazilian former international volleyball
player, Cristina Pîrv. They have 2 children together, a daughter Nicoll (born 2005) and a son
Patrick (born 2009). In November 2012, Cristina has filled for divorce.[22] In 2013 he started
dating with Maria Luiza Dautt.[23] Giba is fluent in three languages; Portuguese, English and
Italian.

Commercial

Giba has been involved in commercial campaigns of such brands as Vogue Italia, Nissan,
Technos and Olympikus.[24]

Social

Giba has been supporting orphans and children suffering from cancer.[25] He is active in the
campaign against prostate cancer. Giba and his wife Cristina Pirv, who was also a volleyball
player, entered the campaign of the Institute Art of Living Well, against breast cancer. Giba
leader celebrate Olympic day with 600 children from social projects in Rio de Janeiro.[26][27]
He is a president of the FIVB Athletes’ Commission.[28] He is also active in social
responsibility projects.[29]

Media

The Brazilian Olympic Committee produced a documentary under the title of Heróis
Olímpicos for Giba. His autobiographic book titled Giba Neles! has been translated into two
languages Polish and Italian.[30]

Management

Giba in 2016 selected as President of the FIVB Athletes Commission. The Commission is
made up of 10 athletes from nine different countries representing both volleyball and beach
volleyball and will be officially launched at the Volleyball House in Rio during the 2016
Olympic Games in the presence of the IOC and the IOC Athletes' Commission

Awards

Most Valuable Player of

Preceded by Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Bas van de Goor Clayton Stanley
Athens 2004

Most Valuable Player of

Preceded by Succeeded by
FIVB World League
Ivan Miljković Ricardo Garcia
2006

Most Valuable Player of

Preceded by Succeeded by
FIVB World Championship
Marcos Milinkovic Murilo Endres
2006

Preceded by Most Valuable Player of Succeeded by

 ? South American Championship Murilo Endres
2007

Most Valuable Player of

Preceded by Succeeded by
FIVB World Cup
Takahiro Yamamoto Maxim Mikhaylov
2007

Most Valuable Player of

Preceded by Succeeded by
Pan American Games
Ernardo Gómez Wilfredo Leon
2007

Best Server of
Preceded by Succeeded by
FIVB World League
Semyon Poltavskiy Wilfredo Leon
2008

Best Spiker of
Preceded by Succeeded by
South American Championship
Rodrigão Dante Amaral
2009

International career

1995–2001

Giba debuted for the Brazilian National Team at the age of 18 in 1995 and in that year
already he won his first major title which was the South American Championship.[6] As the
result Brazil qualified to the World Grand Champions Cup in 1997 as the continental
champion and eventually won the tournament. In the subsequent years Brazil came up short
in both the 1998 World Championship in Japan, where they lost a 5-set semi-final against the
two-time defending champions Italy and in 2000 Sydney Olympics where after winning their
group without losing a match, Brazilian team was upset in the quarterfinals losing 1:3 to
Argentina. In 2001 Giba won his first World League title, while Brazil beat 8-time winners
Italy in the final.

2002–2007

The following years are described as the Golden Era of Brazilian volleyball where Giba was
a leader of an exceptional team coached by Bernardo Rezende which featured such players
as: Dante, André, Gustavo, André Heller, Ricardo Garcia and Sérgio Santos. After losing a
disappointing 2002 World League final to Russia in Belo Horizonte, the team won all of the
next 11 major international competitions, including: 5 World League titles, 2 World
Championships, 2 World Cups, the World Grand Champions Cup and the Olympic gold
medal.

At the 2002 World Championship in Argentina, Brazil took revenge on both Italy (beating 3-
time defending champions 3–2 in the quarterfinals) and Russia (winning in a dramatic five-
set final).[7] It was the first World Championships title for the Brazilian National Team in
history. In 2003 led by Giba the Brazilian team won the first of five consecutive World
League titles, beating Serbia and Montenegro in the final (31–29 in the fifth-set tie-break).[8]

At the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Giba was at his best helping Brazilian
National Team to win its second gold medal in history and being voted the tournament's Most
Valuable Player. On 29 August 2004, in front of 10,000 fans at the Peace and Friendship
Stadium in Piraeus, the Brazilians overcame Italy 3:1 in the gold medal match.[9][10] His
tremendous form continued during the next couple of seasons when in addition to winning
titles, Giba was also awarded the MVP trophies for his performance at the 2006 World
League, the 2006 World Championship[11] and the 2007 World Cup. In that period he was
considered by many to be the best volleyball player in the world. World Championship 2006
Brazil won the Tournament (retaining their championship title) defeating Poland 3:0 in the
final match and big helped Giba. In 2006 he was given Prêmio Brazil Olympic as the best
Brazilian athlete of the year.[12]

2008–2012

In 2008 with 32 year old Giba still in the starting line-up Brazil began to lose its aura of
invincibility. The first upset came in the final tournament of the World League held in Rio de
Janeiro. Playing in front of the home crowd Brazil was expected to win sixth title in row. In
the semi-final however they were shocked by the United States losing the match 0:3. Later on
that year Brazilian Team was able to reach the final of the Beijing Olympics, but again they
lost to the USA, this time in four sets.[13][14] In a result Giba added a silver medal to the gold
won four years earlier in Athens.[15]

The following year Giba was included in a rebuilt squad which bounced back from the
disappointing losses and regained the World League title. In the final played in Belgrade,
Brazil faced Serbia and more than 22,000 of its supporters and won in a close five-setter.[16]
In 2010 Giba lost his spot in the starting line-up, as Rezende preferred to use younger Dante
and Murilo as starting spikers. Giba however remained the team's captain and was still an
important part of the national team, winning his eight World League title and the third World
Championship in the tournament held in Italy.[17]

In 2011, with Dante injured, Giba returned to the starting line-up and was close to add
another World League title to his collection. He came up short however, as the Brazilian
Team lost a close five-set final to Russia. At the 2012 London Olympics, with Giba again
used mostly as a reserve captain, Brazil was on its way to another gold medal. Leading 2:0
and having a commanding advantage in the third set in the final against Russia, Brazilians
missed out on couple of match points and were eventually beaten in five sets.[18] The loss
meant that Giba's third Olympic medal turned out to be a silver. After the Olympics, he
retired from the Brazilian national team.