Guilherme Marques
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Guilherme Luiz Marques is a retired beach volleyball
player from Brazil
, who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships
in Los Angeles, California
, partnering Rogerio Ferreira
. Two years later the couple claimed the bronze medal at the World Championships in Marseille, France.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player from Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships
1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships
The1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships, were held from September 10 to September 13, 1997 in Los Angeles, California . It was the first official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships between 1987 and 1996....
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, partnering Rogerio Ferreira
Rogerio Ferreira
Rogério de Souza Ferreira is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. He won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Los Angeles, California, partnering Guilherme Marques. Two years later, the couple claimed the bronze medal at the World Championships in Marseille, France.-References:*...
. Two years later the couple claimed the bronze medal at the World Championships in Marseille, France.