Pedro Solberg

Pedro Salgado Solberg
Solberg at the FIVB World Tour in Prague, 2011
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1986-03-27) 27 March 1986 (age 37) Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate Evandro Gonçalves
Previous teammates
Years Teammate 2006 2007–2008 2009 2010 2011 2011– Roberto Lopes Harley Marques several partners Harley Marques Pedro Cunha Rhooney Ferramenta
Honours Men's beach volleyball Representing   Brazil World Championships 2015 The Hague Beach

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg (born 27 March 1986) is a male Brazilian beach volleyball player.

Solberg's mother, Isabel Salgado, was herself a successful beach volleyball player who in 1994 won a FIVB World Tour event in Miami. ^[1] His sisters Maria Clara Salgado and Carolina Solberg Salgado are also beach volleyball players who have played since 2005. ^{[2] [3]}

Career

Solberg won the U18 World Championship with three different partners in 2002 ^[4] and U21 in 2003 and 2006 in beach volleyball. ^{[5] [6]} In 2006 he started with Roberto Lopes at several FIVB World Tour tournaments with fourth place being his best result. ^[7] In the following two years Pedro Solberg together with his new partner Harley Marques won nine tournament victories in the 2008 FIVB World Tour, and were voted "Team of the Year".

In the 2009 season Solberg played with different partners. He started with his first partner in an FIVB World Tour tournament Pedro Cunha where he won two silver medals, while with Benjamin Insfran he won the Polish Open in Stare Jabłonki. Two fourth places with Ricardo Santos marked the end of the year. ^[7]

2010

After a fifth place with Santos in the Brasília Open, he decided to have another collaboration with Marques, his partner in the successful 2007 and 2008 years. They won the next tournament in Shanghai, but in subsequent events could only muster one other place at the front of the field: fifth place at the Grand Slam in Moscow. ^[7] After two ninth place finishes in Stavanger and Gstaad, a seventeenth place in Klagenfurt and another fifth place in Stare Jablonki, Solberg/Marques won the silver medal in Kristiansand. They defeated their compatriots including Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Emanuel Rego/Alison Cerutti, but lost the final against the Americans Todd Rogers/Phil Dalhausser. ^[8] At the end of the season Solberg/Marques still reached ninth place in Åland and The Hague. ^[7]

2011

In the first four events of the year, Solberg began playing with Cunha, and their best finish was fourth place in Prague. ^[7] With his new partner Rhooney Ferramenta, he reached fifth place in the fifth event of the season, ^[7] including the World Championships in Rome. ^[9] In Stavanger, the two Brazilians ranked 25th, and were ninth in Gstaad. ^[7] Solberg was then removed because of a doping suspicion. ^[10] The suspension was provisionally lifted in mid-August because of a delay in testing that was not the fault of the athlete. ^[11] In October, the International Volleyball Federation closed the doping charges after concluding that "there is no evidence of an anti-doping rule violation". ^[12] In Agadir, Morocco, he won the bronze medal with Ferramenta in the final event of the season. ^[13]

References

1. "Athlete's biography – Isabel". FIVB. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
2. "Athlete's biography – Maria Clara". FIVB. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
3. "Athlete's biography – Carol". FIVB. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
4. "Men's FIVB Jr/Youth Under 18 Junior World Championships August 28-September 1, 2002 Xylokastro, Greece". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
5. "Men's FIVB Jr/Youth U-21 World Championships, presented by Swatch August 6-10, 2003 Saint Quay Portrieux, France". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
6. "Men's FIVB Jr/Youth U-21 World Championships August 23-27, 2006 Myslowice, Poland". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
7. "Athlete's biography – Pedro". FIVB. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
8. "USA's Dalhausser & Rogers Net Otera Open Men's Gold Medal". FIVB. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
9. "World Championships – Men FINAL STANDING". FIVB. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
10. "Flagrado no antidoping, Pedro Solberg é suspenso provisoriamente" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
11. "Federação de Vôlei derruba suspensão de Pedro Solberg por doping até que jogador seja julgado" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
12. "Após resultado negativo, FIVB absolve Pedro Solberg no caso de doping" (in Portuguese). Sportv.com. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
13. "Nummerdor and Schuil win Morocco Open". FIVB. Retrieved 2011-12-26.

External links

• Pedro Solberg Salgado at FIVB beach volleyball database
• Pedro Solberg Salgado at Beach Volleyball Database
• Pedro Solberg Salgado at Olympics.com
• Pedro Solberg Salgado at Olympedia
• Pedro Solberg Salgado at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)

Sporting positions
Preceded by   Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos  (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Harley Marques 2008	Succeeded by   Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann  (GER)
Awards
Preceded by   Phil Dalhausser  (USA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2013	Succeeded by   Phil Dalhausser  (USA)
Preceded by   Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos  (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Harley Marques 2008	Succeeded by   Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann  (GER)