Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring 2.01 metres he played in the position of outside hitter. He was born in Itu

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC.