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7 Men Who Did Great In Their First Olympics

The recently concluded Rio Olympics brought us a lot of amazing and exciting volleyball matches featuring some of the world’s best players. While we saw a lot of 2 time Olympians, we also witnessed the great talents of many Olympic debutantes.

The list below features 7 male players who did GREAT as first time Olympians.

Max Holt / Middle Blocker / USA

2016 Olympic Highlights: Bronze medalist, #2 Best Blocker, #2 Best Server

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Ricardo Lucarelli / Outside Hitter / Brazil

2016 Olympic Highlights: Gold medalist, #7 Best Scorer, #4 Best Spiker, #5 Best Server

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Ricardo Lucarelli Santos De Souza serves

Osmany Juantorena / Outside Hitter / Italy

2016 Olympic Highlights: Silver medalist, #4 Best Scorer, #7 Best Spiker, #3 Best Digger

Osmany Juantorena of Italy

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Osmany Juantorena of Italy spikes

Artem Volvich / Middle Blocker / Russia

2016 Olympic Highlights: 4th placed, #1 Best Blocker, #10 Best Server

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Artem Volvich of Russia

Erik Shoji / Libero / USA

2016 Olympic Highlights: Bronze medalist, #1 Best Digger, #2 Best Passer

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Erik Shoji of USA celebrates

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Simone Giannelli / Setter / Italy

2016 Olympic Highlights: Silver medalist, #2 Best Setter, #12 Best Server

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Simone Giannelli of Italy

Aaron Russell / Outside Hitter / USA

2016 Olympic Highlights: Bronze medalist, #5 Best Scorer, #3 Best Spiker, #6 Best Passer

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