Raquel Peluci Xavier Camargo da Silva (born April 30, 1978, 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

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 who competed for Brazil at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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. There she won the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. Rodrigues also claimed the gold medal at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

Individual awards

* '' 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Server"'' * ''2007–08 Korean V-League – "Best Server"''

References

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UOL profile
1978 births Living people Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub