Leila Barros

Leila Barros
Barros in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Leila Gomes de Barros
Born	September 30, 1971 (1971-09-30) (age 45) Brasília, DF, Brazil
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in).
Spike	300 cm (118 in).
Block	291 cm (115 in).
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite spiker
Honours Representing  Brazil Women's volleyball Olympics Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup 1995 Japan Team 2003 Japan Team 1999 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix 1994 Shanghai Team 1996 Shanghai Team 1998 Hong Kong Team 1995 Shanghai Team 1999 Yu Xi Team 2000 Manila Team Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Team Women's beach volleyball FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2006 Canada, Open Beach 2006 Brazil, Open Beach 2005 Russia, Open Beach 2006 Norway, Grand Slam Beach 2006 France, Open Beach 2006 France, Grand Slam Beach 2006 Poland, Open Beach

Leila Gomes de Barros (born September 30, 1971 in Brasília, DF)^[1] is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player. She often played as opposite hitter and attacker. She was a member of the Brazilian squad who had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), winning the 1996 and 1998 editions of the volleyball Grand Prix and being rated the most valuable player (MVP) in each win.

Career

Barros started competing in volleyball at the age of fifteen. She switched to beach volleyball in July 2001, but returned to the indoor courts in 2003 in order to help the Brazil women's national volleyball team to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

In the Volleyball Women's World Cups, Barros finished as runners-up in 1995 and 2003, was third placed in 1999. She also got silver medals in the 1994 World Championships. In the Olympics, her Brazilian team was 3rd in 1996 and 2000. She has also posed in several magazines and was one of the favorite players when she and the Brazilian volleyball team came to the Philippines.

References

Awards
Preceded by Tara Cross-Battle Yevgeniya Artamonova	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Prix 1996 1998	Succeeded by Yevgeniya Artamonova Virna Dias
Preceded by Maurren Maggi	Brazilian Sportswomen of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Daniele Hypólito
Preceded by  Vassiliki Arvaniti (GRE)	Women's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved" 2006	Succeeded by  Laura Ludwig (GER)  Tamsin Barnett (AUS)