Adriana Behar
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Brazil |
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| Women's Volleyball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | Beach Volleyball |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Beach Volleyball |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Gold | 1999 Winnipeg | Beach Volleyball |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1999 Marseille | Beach Volleyball |
| Gold | 2001 Klagenfurt | Beach Volleyball |
| Silver | 2003 Rio de Janeiro | Beach Volleyball |
| Bronze | 1997 Los Angeles | Beach Volleyball |
Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro) is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation.[1]
Behar is Jewish.[2] She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the Brazilian women's national indoor volleyball squad. Pairing with Shelda Bede, she has won more than 30 international tournaments of beach volleyball as well as two Olympic medals.[3][4][5][6]
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- ^ Robert Wechsler, Bob Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. pg 45: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. pp. 404. ISBN 0-88125-969-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=aFkwyOIHsr8C&pg=PA45&dq=%22Adriana+Behar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl.
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- ^ Peter S Horvitz (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. pg 198: SP Books. pp. 295. ISBN 1-56171-907-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=voCnkWSOoRsC&pg=PA198&dq=%22Adriana+KBehar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl.
- ^ Robert Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. pg 206: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. pp. 404. ISBN 0-88125-969-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=aFkwyOIHsr8C&pg=PA206&dq=%22Adriana+Behar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl.
- ^ Robert Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. pg 238: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. pp. 404. ISBN 0-88125-969-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=aFkwyOIHsr8C&pg=PA238&dq=%22Adriana+Behar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl.
- ^ Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists. pg 224: Sussex Academic Press. pp. 268. ISBN 1-903900-87-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=tGcPDXOjxMoC&pg=PA224&dq=%22Adriana+Behar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires (BRA) |
Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Shelda Bede1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Kerri Walsh andMisty May-Treanor (USA) |
| Preceded by Sandra Pires and Ana Paula Connelly (BRA) |
Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Shelda Bede2004 |
Succeeded by Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta (BRA) |
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Brazilian beach volleyball players
- Brazilian volleyball players
- Olympic beach volleyball players of Brazil
- Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Brazilian Jews
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Women's volleyball players
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
