Mônica Rodrigues (born September 20, 1967 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 b ...
) is a retired Brazilian female
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 Summ ...
player. She won the silver medal in the inaugural women's
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 ...
tournament at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, partnering with
Adriana Samuel
Adriana Samuel Ramos (born April 12, 1966) is a Brazilian volleyball and beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering with Mônica Rodrigues.
Samuel ...
.
She played for eleven years in the
FIVB, and collected six titles and $415,000 in prizes.
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1967 births
Living people
Brazilian women's beach volleyball players
Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil
Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Portuguese people of Brazilian descent
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games medalists in beach volleyball
20th-century Brazilian women
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