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| Full name | Francismar Adriano Dias Garrido | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 30, 1972 (age 51) Recife, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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Francismar Adriano Dias Garrido (born November 30, 1972) is a Brazilian male former beach volleyball player who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, partnering with Lula Barbosa.
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the court. Each team also works in unison to prevent the opposing team from grounding the ball on their side of the court.
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