Sheilla Castro
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| Full name | Sheilla Tavares de Castro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1983 Belo Horizonte,  Brazil |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (140 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Unilever/Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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[edit] Career
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]
[edit] Clubs
Mackenzie Esporte Clube (1997–2000)- MRV/Minas (2001–2004)
Scavolini Pesaro (2004–2008)- São Caetano/Blausiegel (2008–2010)
- Unilever/Rio de Janeiro (2010–2011)
[edit] Awards
[edit] Individuals
- 2005 FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer"
- 2005/06 CEV Cup "Best Spiker"
- 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
- 2008/09 Brazilian Superleague "Best Scorer and Best Spiker"
- 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
- 2009/10 Brazilian Superleague "Best Spiker and Best Server"
- 2011 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2011 South American Championship "Most Valuable Player"
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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| 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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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Brazilian volleyball players
- People from Belo Horizonte
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players of Brazil
- Olympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Women's volleyball players
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Brazilian Olympic medalist stubs
- Brazilian volleyball biography stubs
