Adria Jesus da Silva (born ) is a Brazilian

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

sitting volleyball Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must have at least one buttock in contact with the floor during the game. History Sitting volleyball was inve ...

player. She is part of the Brazil women's national sitting volleyball team. She competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

, finishing 5th, and the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

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*https://www.paralympic.org/video/sitting-volleyball-brazil-v-ukraine-women-s-bronze-victory-match-rio-2016-paralympic-games *http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/1qUCqHdzxQ_/2016+Rio+Paralympics+Day+4/Adria+Jesus+da+Silva * 1983 births Living people Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic volleyball players for Brazil Brazilian women's sitting volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in volleyball Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian women {{Sittingvolleyball-bio-stub

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