Thaísa Menezes

Thaísa Pallesi
Personal information
Full name Thaísa Daher de Menezes Pallesi
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1987-05-15) May 15, 1987
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Spike 318 cm (125 in)
Block 308 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle-Blocker
Current club Eczacıbaşı VitrA
National team
2005–presentBrazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
World Championship
2010 Japan Team
2014 Italy Team
World Grand Champions Cup
2009 Japan Team
2013 Japan Team
World Grand Prix
2005 Sendai Team
2006 Reggio Calabria Team
2008 Yokohama Team
2014 Tokyo Team
2016 Bangkok Team
2010 Ningbo Team
2012 Ningbo Team
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Team
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan-American Cup
2009 Miami Team
2011 Ciudad Juárez Team
South American Championship
2007 Santiago Team
2009 Porto Alegre Team
2011 Callao Team
2013 Ica Team

Thaísa Daher de Menezes Pallesi (born 15 May 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) or simply known as Thaísa Menezes or Thaísa, is a female professional volleyball player from Brazil.

Career

Menezes was part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Menezes won the silver medal with Sollys Osasco at the 2010 FIVB World Club Championship. She also earned the Best Spiker award.[2]

At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, Menezes was awarded with the Best Blocker award,[3] also winning the gold medal with her national team.[4]

Menezes took part of the National Team who win the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[5]

In the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, Thaísa won the silver medal with her national team and the individual award of Best Blocker.[6]

Menezes was part of the National Team which won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, UK.

Playing with Sollys Nestlé Osasco, Menezes won the gold medal and the Best Spiker award in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.[7]

Menezes claimed the silver medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship, playing with Molico Osasco, when her team lost 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan the championship match. She was named among the championship Best Team as Best Middle Blocker.[8]

Menezes played with her national team,[9] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[10] when her team defeated Italy 3-2 in the bronze medal match.[11]

Personal

Thaisa is also of partial Lebanese origin. She is often cited in social media as one of the sexiest female volleyball athletes.

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "Thaísa Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  2. ↑ FIVB. "Fenerbahce crowned Women's Club World champions". Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  3. ↑ NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  4. ↑ Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  5. ↑ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  6. ↑ FIVB (2012-07-01). "USA complete World Grand Prix title hat-trick". Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  7. ↑ "Trentino Diatec and Sollys Nestle crowned in Doha". Doha, Qatar: FIVB. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  8. ↑ "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  9. ↑ "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
China Wang Yimei		 Best Server of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2011 		Succeeded by
Turkey Neslihan Demir
Preceded by
Russia Iuliia Morozova
Brazil Juciely Barreto
United States Christa Harmotto		 Best Blocker/Middle Blocker
FIVB World Grand Prix
2012
2013
ex aequo Serbia Milena Rašić
2016
ex aequo United States Rachael Adams 		Succeeded by
Brazil Fabiana Claudino
Russia Irina Fetisova
Incumbent
Preceded by
United States Megan Hodge		 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2013 		Succeeded by
Japan Yūko Sano
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