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Born | Curitiba, Brazil | 4 March 1984||||||||||||||||||
Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside spiker | ||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Fuchs (born 4 March 1984) is a Brazilian volleyball player who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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