Birth Name: Bernardo Rocha de Rezende
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: August 25, 1959
Ethnicity: Brazilian (Portuguese, other)
Bernardinho is a Brazilian volleyball coach and player.
Bernardinho is the son of Mariangela (Rocha) and Condorcet Pereira de Rezende.
Bernardinho is married to retired volleyball player Fernanda Venturini, with whom he has two daughters. Bernardinho also has a son, Bruno Rezende, who is a volleyball player, from a previous marriage.
Bernardinho’s paternal grandfather was Octavio/Otávio Murgel de Rezende/Resende (the son of Astolfo/Astolpho Vieira de Rezende/Resende and Olga Murgel). Olga was the daughter of Maurício Murgel, who was born in Fiume, Austria-Hungary (now Rijeka, Croatia), and of Maximiana Tertuliana Benedicta do Bonsucesso.
Sources: http://www.museudapelada.com
Genealogy of Bernardinho’s paternal great-grandmother, Olga Murgel – http://www.geni.com
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