Personal Data:
Eduardo Bacil: [BAH-SEAL] Full Name: Eduardo Jorge Bacil Nickname: "Anjinho" [AHN-JEAN-YO] Birthdate: March 11, 1971 Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Training Site: Manhattan Beach, Calif. Height: 6'0" Years Pro: 4 College: University de Casielo Branco 1996 Prize Money: $ 80,635 1995 Prize Money: $107,708 1994 Prize Money: $124,571 Career Prize Money: $392,732 Career Open Wins: 1
$392,732 Career Beach Earning total.
1996 - Second at Indianapolis (with Randy Stoklos)
- Third at Atlanta (with Randy Stoklos)
- Fourth at Chicago (with Randy Stoklos)
- $ 80,635 earnings
1995 - Won the 1995 Evian Indoor in Washington, D.C. (with Jose Loiola),
marking the first international team to win an AVP event
(first career victory)
- Second at Ft. Myers and Clearwater (with Loiola)
- Third at Boston and New York (with Loiola)
- Fourth at Singer Island, Pensacola, and Chicago (with Loiola)
- $107,708 earnings
1994 - Second place at the Santa Cruz and Hermosa Beach events (with
Jose Loiola)
- Third place at the Fort Myers Beach, Grand Haven, Manhattan
Beach, Puerto Rico, and San Diego events (with Loiola)
- Tenth place at the King of the Beach tournament
- $124,571 earnings
1993 - second place finish at the Fort Worth Open (with Loiola); first
time an international team has played in an AVP final.
- second place finishes at Grand Haven and the Tournament of
Champions (with Loiola)
- Two-time Brazilian Beach Volleyball Champion (1990, 1991) - South American Beach Volleyball Champion (1993) - Second place at the 1993 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Brazil (with Loiola) - Junior National Champion of Brazil (1988)
- Competed in the Brazilian professional indoor league for three seasons. - Competed on the Brazilian National Team (1988-1992)
- His full name is Eduardo Jorge Bacil Filho, which means "Little
Angel" in Portuguese.
- Native of Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Resides in El Segunda, Calif. during the AVP season and trains
at Marine Street in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
- He and partner, Loiola, were the first international team to advance
to an AVP open final at the Fort Worth Open in 1993.
- He is learning to speak English while in the United States.
- Enjoys soccer, surfing, listening to music, and having barbecues
("churrasco" in Portuguese) with friends.
- He says that he always eats good food, gets a good night's sleep,
and watches movies before every tournament.
- Favorite athlete is Pele.
Updated 2/97
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