Bernard Rajzman

Bernard Rajzman
portrait
Date of birth	April 25, 1957
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
size	1.87 m
position	External attack / adoption
societies
1974–1978 1978–1980 1980–1986 1986–1989 1989–1990	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro Panini Modena Bradesco Rio de Janeiro Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Gabbiano Mantova
National team
	A national team
successes
1975 1976 1979 1979 1980 1980 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987	Bronze Pan American Games 7th place Olympic Games Montreal Italian Cup Winner Bronze Pan American Games Italian Cup Winner European Cup Winner's Cup 5th place Olympic Games Moscow 3rd place World Cup in Japan Vice World Champion in Argentina Gold Pan American Games Silver Olympic Games Los Angeles Bronze Pan American Games
Status: August 26, 2013

Bernard Rajzman (born April 25, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian sports official and former volleyball player .

Career

Athletic career

Bernard Rajzman (2003)

Rajzman began playing basketball for Fluminense when he was eleven . Due to his relatively small height, he switched to volleyball. At the age of 17 he was part of the Brazilian national team for the first time . With her he took part in three Olympic Games. The greatest success was winning the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

He also won the South American Championship seven times , the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1983 , silver at the 1982 World Cup and bronze at the 1981 Volleyball World Cup .

On October 27, 2005 he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame as the first Brazilian .

Sports policy

After finishing his sporting career, he switched to politics. He was National Secretary for Sport in the Collor government and from 1994 a member of the Partido Progressista Brasileiro (PPB) in the Assembléia Legislativa do Rio de Janeiro , then he switched to the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB).

Rajzman is a member of the Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (COB) and President of the Comissão Nacional de Atletas . He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since October 2013 .

He is the father of the surfer Phil Rajzman .

Web links

Commons : Bernard Rajzman  - Collection of Images

• Official Website (Portuguese)
• Volleyball Hall of Fame (English)
• Bernard Rajzman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile on legavolley.it (Italian)