Walewska Moreira de Oliveira (born 1 October 1979 in

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

) is a female volleyball player who has competed for Brazil in three consecutive

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, starting in 2000. She won a bronze medal with the women's national team in

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, and a gold medal in the

2008 Olympics in Beijing The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

. Walewska 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 ...

Clubs

* MRV-Sugar/Minas (1997-1998) * Rexona (1998-2003) * Açucar União/São Caetano (2003-2004) * Sirio Perugia (2004-2007) *

Grupo 2002 Murcia Club Atlético Voleibol Murcia 2005, also known for sponsorship reason as ''Grupo 2002 Murcia'', was a Spanish volleyball club based in Murcia that played their home matches at the Pabellón Príncipe de Asturias in Murcia. The team participated ...

(2007-2008) * VC Zarechie Odintsovo (2008-2011) * Vôlei Futuro (2011-2012) * Vôlei Amil (2012-2014) * Minas Tênis Clube (2014-2015) * Praia Clube (2015–2018) * Osasco Audax (2018–2019) * Praia Clube (2019–2022)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2007 South American Championship – "Best Server"'' * '' 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Blocker"'' * ''2015–16 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2017 South American Club Championship – "Best Middle Blocker"''

Clubs

* 1999–00 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona * 2004–05

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Runner-up, with

Pallavolo Sirio Perugia Pallavolo Sirio Perugia was an Italian women's volleyball club based in Perugia. The club had success at national and international level during the years it was active. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the followin ...

2005–06 CEV Champions League The 2005–06 CEV Champions League was the 47th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. League round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Play ...

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Champion, with Pallavolo Sirio Perugia * 2006–07

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Champion, with Pallavolo Sirio Perugia * 2008–09 Russian Super League – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Zarechye Odintsovo * 2009–10 Russian Super League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Zarechye Odintsovo * 2015–16 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dentil Praia Clube * 2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Dentil Praia Clube * 2020–21 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dentil Praia Clube * 2021–22 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dentil Praia Clube * 2017 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dentil Praia Clube * 2020 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dentil Praia Clube * 2021 South American Club Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Dentil Praia Clube * 2022 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dentil Praia Clube

References

External links

FIVB Biography
1979 births Living people Brazilian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Sportspeople from Belo Horizonte Brazilian people of Polish descent Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Expatriate volleyball players in Spain Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Brazilian expatriates in Italy Brazilian expatriates in Russia Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub