Dani Lins

Dani Lins
Personal information
Full name Danielle Rodrigues Lins
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1985-01-05) January 5, 1985
Recife, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current club Brazil Osasco
Career
YearsTeams
2000–2005
2005–2006
2006–2011
2011-2014
2014-2017		Osasco
Pinheiros
Rio de Janeiro
SESI-SP
Osasco
National team
2009-Brazil
Honours
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2012 London Team
World Championship
2010 Japan Team
2014 Italy Team
World Grand Champions Cup
2009 Japan Team
World Grand Prix
2009 Tokyo Team
2013 Sapporo Team
2014 Tokyo Team
2016 Bangkok Team
2010 Ningbo Team
2011 Macau Team
2012 Ningbo Team
2015 Omaha Team
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Team
Pan-American Cup
2011 Ciudad Juárez Team
South American Championship
2009 Porto Alegre Team
2011 Callao Team
2013 Ica Team
2015 Cartagena Team

Danielle Rodrigues Lins,[2] better known as Dani Lins (born January 5, 1985), is a volleyball player from Brazil, who plays as a setter.[1] She represented her country at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, where they won the gold medal. In 2012, she became an Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career

Born in Recife,[1] Dani Lins defended for Finasa/Osasco from 2003 to 2005, moving to Pinheiros/Blue Life for the 2005-06 season,[4] then joining Unilever in 2006.

Lins won the bronze medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her team defeated the Swiss club Voléro Zürich, 3-2.[5]

National team

Dani Lins helped her country finish in fourth place at the Pan American Games and in the Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, both played in 2003.[4] Brazilian national team head coach Zé Roberto chose her on August 1, 2009 to replace Fofão as the team captain.[1] She won the FIVB World Grand Prix in 2009.[6]

Lins was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She also won the Best Setter award.[7]

In 2012 Dani won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Lins played with her national team,[8] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[9] when her team defeated Italy 3-2 in the bronze medal match.[10]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dani Lins". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Dani Lins" (in Portuguese). Rexona-Ades. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Dani Lins Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  4. 1 2 "Danielle Rodrigues Lins (Dani Lins)" (in Portuguese). Central Esportiva. May 29, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  6. ↑ "No limite, Brasil ganha o 8° Grand Prix". Folha de S. Paulo. Esportes: D5. August 24, 2009.
  7. ↑ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  8. ↑ "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
Awards
Preceded by
Brazil Helia Souza		 Best Setter of
South American Championship
2009 		Succeeded by
Peru Elena Keldibekova
Preceded by
United States Alisha Glass
United States Alisha Glass		 Best Setter of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2011
2014 		Succeeded by
Thailand Nootsara Tomkom
United States Molly Kreklow
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