Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel (born 22 June 1983), frequently referred to as just ''Ágatha'', is a Brazilian international

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player, playing as a blocker. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver medal at the

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, alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas.

Biography

Born in

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to Maria José Vagnoni Moscardi and Alfredo Bednarczuk, Bednarczuk is of Polish and

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ancestry. She started competing in the city of

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, and became famous after competing at the

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. She was part of the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008 and

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. Bednarczuk also competed at the

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and was on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas. This qualified her to represent Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Olympics

Ágatha and her partner Bárbara beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings and

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of United States, in straight sets of (22–20), (21–18) in the 2016 Rio Olympic semifinal. The pair then lost to Germany's

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and

Kira Walkenhorst Kira Katharina Walkenhorst (born 18 November 1990) is a German retired beach volleyball player who played as a Beach volleyball#Player specializations, blocker. She has an older brother Alexander Walkenhorst who is a professional beach volleyball ...

References

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'' 1983 births Living people Brazilian women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball blockers Sportspeople from Curitiba Volleyball players from Paraná (state) Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in beach volleyball Brazilian people of Polish descent Brazilian people of Italian descent Summer World University Games medalists in beach volleyball FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub