Drussyla Andressa Felix Costa (born July 1, 1996 in

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) is a Brazilian

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

player who has represented her country in junior and youth world championships and the

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. She was part of the first U16 Brazil national indoor volleyball team that won gold at the first edition of the first U16 South American Championship. Drussyla was a member of the Brazilian national team that won its first U-23 World Championship in a final against Turkey.

Career

Indoor Volleyball

Drussyla was picked to be a part of Brazil's team in the first U16 South American Championship in

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where she took gold with her team. She was named MVP of the tournament. During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Costa played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich,

Beach Volleyball

Drussyla began representing Brazil in the South American Circuit at the Bolivian Open of the 2012 Continental Cup. Brazil's team took gold, however none of the pairings qualified due to the Olympic Qualification quota for the country already being filled. Drussyla participated in the 2012 Youth and Yonior Beach Volleyball World Championships, she partnered with Eduarda Santos in the Youth tournament finishing in sixth place, and partnered with Eduarda Santos in the Junior championship, earning the Silver Medal.

Clubs

* Fluminense FC (2011–2013) * Sesc-RJ (2013–2019) * SESI Volei Bauru (2020-2021) * Osasco (2022)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2011 U16 South American Championship – "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2014 U20 South American Championship – "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2018 South American Club Championship – "Best outside spiker"''

Clubs

* 2014–15 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona/Ades * 2015–16 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona/Ades * 2016–17 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona/SESC * 2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with SESC Rio * 2017 South American Club Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona/SESC * 2018 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with SESC Rio * 2017 FIVB Club World Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Rexona/SESC

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Drussyla Brazilian women's beach volleyball players Brazilian women's volleyball players Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) 1996 births Living people Wing spikers