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Full name | Antônio Carlos Moreno | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil | 11 June 1948|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 (1968) 5 (1972–1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antônio Carlos Moreno (born 11 June 1948) is a Brazilian former volleyball player and four-time Olympian. Moreno competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976, and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] He was the captain of the Brazilian team in all of his four Olympic appearances.[2] He was an outside hitter.[2]
Moreno's son, Carlos, was a setter for the Brigham Young University (BYU) volleyball team.[2] In 2004, Carlos led BYU to the NCAA Championship title and was selected as the AVCA National Player of the Year.[3]