Fabiana de Oliveira
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| Full name | Fabiana Alvim de Oliveira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Fabi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 March 1980 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Unilever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fabiana "Fabi" de Oliveira (born 7 March 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a volleyball player from Brazil who win the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
Fabiana started playing volleyball at the age of 13, specializing in defense - and later the libero position - due to her short height. De Oliveira was first called up to the Brazil women's national volleyball team in 2002, under coach Marco Aurélio Motta. She lost her place under his replacement, José Roberto Guimarães, and only returned to being a mainstay of the team in 2005. At the 2007 Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, de Oliveira and the Brazilian team won the silver medal.[1]
One year later de Oliveira won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was chosen as the best libero of the tournament.[2]
At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, de Oliveira was given the "Best Receiver" award,[3] also winning the gold medal with her national team.[4]
Oliveira was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[5] She was also part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also took the 2013 South American Championship with her national team, winning the Best Libero award.[6]
Oliveira won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship, playing with Unilever Vôlei.[7]
During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Oliveira played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich.[8]
Awards
Individuals
- 2008 Final Four Cup "Best Libero"
- 2008 Final Four Cup "Best Receiver"
- 2008 Summer Olympics "Best Libero"
- 2009 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Libero"
- 2009 South American Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2009 South American Championship "Best Receiver"
- 2011 Pan-American Cup "Best Receiver"
- 2011 World Grand Prix "Best Digger"
- 2011 South American Championship "Best Libero"
- 2011 World Cup "Best Receiver"
- 2013 South American Championship "Best Libero"
- 2013 World Grand Prix "Best Libero"
- 2016 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Libero"
Clubs
- 2013 Club World Championship -
Runner-up, with Unilever Vôlei
References
- ↑ "Brazil wins 1st gold in women's volleyball". CBC Sports. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "Brazilian Women win gold in style as they drop just one set throughout Olympic Volleyball Tournament; Paula Pequeno is MVP". FIVB. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ↑ Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ↑ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
- ↑ "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
External links
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Preceded by Paola Cardullo |
Best Libero of Olympic Games 2008 |
Succeeded by Brenda Castillo |
Preceded by Paula Pequeno |
Most Valuable Player of South American Championship 2009 |
Succeeded by Sheilla Castro |
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Best Libero of South American Championship 2005 2007 2011 2013 |
Succeeded by Marianela Robinet Camila Gómez |
Preceded by Zhang Xian |
Best Libero of FIVB World Grand Prix 2013 |
Succeeded by Yūko Sano |
Preceded by Silvija Popović |
Best Libero of FIVB Club World Championship 2016 |
Succeeded by TBD |
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