Sheilla Castro

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Sheilla Castro
Personal information
Full name Sheilla Tavares de Castro
Born 1 July 1983(1983-07-01)
Belo Horizonte,  Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 64 kg (140 lb)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current club Unilever/Rio de Janeiro
Number 13
National team
   Brazil

Sheilla Tavares de Castro (born 1 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte) is a female volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, in Beijing, China, in which the Brazilian national team won gold medal.

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She plays as opposite in the Brazilian national team, and in Unilever Rio de Janeiro. She made her debut for the national team against Colombia.

Castro was named Most Valuable Player at the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, and at the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan, with Brazil winning the gold medal both times.

At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, Castro was awarded with the Most Valuable Player award,[1] also winning the gold medal with her national team.[2]

Sheilla took part of the National Team who win the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". http://www.norceca.org/July%209-2011_Brazilian%20Sheilla%20Castro%20the%20MVP%20of%20the%20Pan%20Am%20Cup.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-09. 
  2. ^ Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). http://voleysur.org/v1/noticias_esp.asp?id=2387. Retrieved 2011-07-10. 
  3. ^ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=32693&Language=en. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Paula Pequeno
World Grand Prix Most Valuable Player
2006
Succeeded by
Manon Flier
Preceded by
Marianne Steinbrecher
World Grand Prix Most Valuable Player
2009
Succeeded by
Incumbent



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