Rosamaria Montibeller (; born 9 April 1994) is a Brazilian volleyball player. She usually plays as an opposite spiker and occasionally as a wing spiker. She won the silver medal while making her debut appearance at the Olympics representing

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. She was part of the

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that won silver at the

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in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Early life

She comes from a family of Italian origins.

Career

She began playing the sport of volleyball at the age of nine during a local youth project.

Club career

She began her career in 2011, making her debut for São Caetano in the Superliga Série A. She played for São Caetano until 2013. Then she played for Campinas Voleibol Clube from 2013 to 2014. She represented Minas Tênis Clube from 2015 to 2018 for a period of three years and won the

2018 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship The 2018 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the tenth official edition of the women's volleyball tournament, played by six teams from 20 to 24 February 2018 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Camponesa/Minas won its first title and ...

with Minas Tenis Clube. The club also subsequently qualified to participate at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 12th edition of the tournament. It was held in Shaoxing, China from 4 to 9 December. Eight teams will compete in the tournament, including four wild cards. Qualification Pools composition ...

after winning the 2018 South American Championship. She later switched to

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at the end of the 2018 season and eventually won the Brazilian Super Cup with the club in 2019. She was also part of the Dentil Praia Clube which emerged as runners-up to Minas Tênis Clube at the 2018/19

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and was also a key member of the Dentil Praia Clube which emerged as runners-up in the

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International career

She was part of the Brazilian side that emerged as champions of the

2012 Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship The 2012 Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was determined February 26, 2011 ...

after defeating hosts Peru in the final. She participated at the

2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship The 2013 Women's Junior Volleyball World Championship was held in Czech Republic, for ten days between from 21 to 30 June 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament that features 20 teams. __TOC__ Qualification process Competition Form ...

where Brazil finished at seventh position. She captained Brazil's U23 team, which won the

2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 19 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament. Competition formula The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools o ...

. It was also Brazil's first title in the

FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 23 organized by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ( FIVB). The first edition was staged in 2013 in Mexicali an ...

. She also competed at the

2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 25th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 32 teams between 7 July and 6 August. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Nanjing, China. Defending champions Brazi ...

where Brazil defeated Italy in the final to be crowned as winners. She was also named in the Brazilian squad for the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World Grand ...

where Brazil finished at fourth place. She was a member of the national which finished in seventh position at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 Sep ...

. She also took an indefinite two-year break from international volleyball from 2019 to 2021 and returned to the national team for the

2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. The 2021 version of VNL was scheduled to start earlier than the previous ...

where Brazil emerged as runners-up to United States in the final. She was also selected to the national squad to compete in the women's volleyball tournament at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics after Brazil lost 21–25, 20–25, 14–25 to United States in the gold medal match of the women's volleyball tournament.

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2012 U20 South American Championship – "Best opposite spiker"'' * '' 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship – "Best opposite spiker"'' * '' 2018 South American Club Championship – "Best outside spiker"''

Clubs

* 2018 South American Club Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Minas Tênis Clube * 2019 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dentil Praia Clube * 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dentil Praia Clube

References

External links

FIVB Biography
* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montibeller, Rosamaria Living people Brazilian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) 1994 births Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Opposite hitters Outside hitters Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian expatriate volleyball players Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Sportspeople from Santa Catarina (state)