Ricardo Santos
Santos at Patria Direct Open 2012
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Born	(1975-01-06) 6 January 1975 (age 51) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Hometown	João Pessoa
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate 2009 Emanuel Rego
Best results
Years Location Result 2004 Athens 1st
Honours Men's beach volleyball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2004 Athens Beach 2000 Sydney Beach 2008 Beijing Beach World Championships 2003 Rio de Janeiro Beach 2001 Klagenfurt Beach 2011 Rome Beach 2013 Stare Jabłonki Beach Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Beach
Last updated: 7 July 2013

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos (born 6 January 1975) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player.

Santos won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with partner Zé Marco de Melo. Santos also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There he claimed the gold medal, teaming up with Emanuel Rego, with whom he won the world title in October 2003. The same pairing went on to win the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he teamed with Pedro Cunha, but they lost in the quarter-finals.^[2]

• Ricardo Santos at the Association of Volleyball Professionals (archived)
• Ricardo Santos at FIVB.com
• Ricardo Santos at the Beach Volleyball Database
• Ricardo Santos at Olympics.com
• Ricardo Santos at Olympic.org (archived)
• Ricardo Santos at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
• Ricardo at Olympedia

Sporting positions
Preceded by  Emanuel Rego and José Loiola (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Zé Marco de Melo 2000	Succeeded by  Emanuel Rego and Tande Ramos (BRA)
Preceded by  Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti (ARG)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Emanuel Rego 2003–2007	Succeeded by  Pedro Solberg Salgado and Harley Marques (BRA)
Awards
Preceded by Inaugural	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Hitter" 2005	Succeeded by  Emanuel Rego (BRA)
Preceded by Inaugural	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Attacker" 2005–2007	Succeeded by  Phil Dalhausser (USA)
Preceded by Inaugural	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2005	Succeeded by  Emanuel Rego (BRA)
Preceded by  Emanuel Rego (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2007	Succeeded by  Harley Marques (BRA)
Preceded by Inaugural	Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Emanuel Rego 2005–2007	Succeeded by  Pedro Solberg Salgado and Harley Marques (BRA)