Adrian Carambula
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FullnameAdrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich
Nationality
Italy
Born16 March 1988
Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo, Uruguay
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
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| Full name | Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 March 1988 Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich (born 16 March 1988) is a Uruguay-born Italian beach volleyball player.
Born in Uruguay, he played football alongside Luis Suárez as a boy, until his family moved to Florida when he was a teenager. He qualifies to represent Italy through his maternal grandmother, originally from Turin.[1]

He is known as "Mr Skyball" for his unique serving style, in which he hits the ball high. The theme from the James Bond film Skyfall plays when he serves.[2]
Ranked third in the world as a pair, Carambula partnered Alex Ranghieri at the 2016 Olympics.
Since 2018, Carambula plays together with Enrico Rossi.