Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
) was one of the most outstanding
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
players of her generation.
Behar is Jewish. She moved to
beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian women's national indoor volleyball squad. Pairing with
Shelda Bede
Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede (born January 1, 1973) is a retired beach volleyball player from Brazil.
She was born in Fortaleza, and won silver medals in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athe ...
, she won more than 30 international tournaments of beach volleyball as well as two Olympic medals. Together, they have won more than 1,000 matches and 114 titles.
Of
Lebanese Jewish origin, she is the only Brazilian athlete in the ''International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame'', next to universal sport legends like the American swimmer
Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record ti ...
and the former
Formula 1 pilot
Jody Scheckter
Jody David Scheckter (born 29 January 1950) is a South African business proprietor and former motor racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980, winning the Drivers' Championship in with Ferrari. Scheckter remains the only Afri ...
.
Recognition
She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2017.
See also
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List of notable Jewish volleyball players
References
External links
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1969 births
Living people
Brazilian women's volleyball players
Brazilian women's beach volleyball players
Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil
Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
Jewish women's volleyball players
Brazilian Sephardi Jews
Brazilian people of Lebanese-Jewish descent
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games medalists in beach volleyball
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
20th-century Brazilian Jews
21st-century Brazilian Jews