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

A photo posted by Max Holt (@maxwellholt) on Aug 18, 2016 at 12:54pm PDT

Made it back home from Rio, but still on cloud 9. It was truly the best experience of my life and I am so proud of the way our team fought for the bronze medal. Thanks to the city of Rio for putting on an amazing games and to the fans that cheered us on the whole way! Already counting down the days until Tokyo 2020!!!

A photo posted by Max Holt (@maxwellholt) on Aug 23, 2016 at 1:02pm PDT

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A photo posted by Max Holt (@maxwellholt) on Aug 12, 2016 at 8:48am PDT

Ricardo Lucarelli / Outside Hitter / Brazil

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

Osmany Juantorena / Outside Hitter / Italy

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

Artem Volvich / Middle Blocker / Russia

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

Erik Shoji / Libero / USA

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

Simone Giannelli / Setter / Italy

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

Aaron Russell / Outside Hitter / USA

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

A video posted by Volleywood (@myvolleywood) on Aug 3, 2016 at 11:42am PDT

The best support I could ask for. Love my parents so much and thankful for the numerous sacrifices they have made for me.

A photo posted by Aaron Russell (@a_a_ronrussell) on Aug 22, 2016 at 8:27am PDT

Sittin' on it #TeamFatRon

A photo posted by Aaron Russell (@a_a_ronrussell) on Aug 3, 2016 at 6:53am PDT

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