Bárbara Seixas
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| Full name | Bárbara Seixas de Freitas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bárbara Seixas de Freitas (born 8 March 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a defender.[1] In 2012, she was named FIVB top Rookie of the year.[2][3] Seixas is a three-time youth World Champion and has reached the podium in several FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournaments.[4][5] She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her team mate Liliane Maestrini,[6] and per 13 August 2013 they rank third among the women's money leaders with $108,875.[7]
In 2015, Seixas and her partner Ágatha Bednarczuk won a gold medal at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships.
Professional career
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Bárbara and her partner Ágatha beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of United States, in straight sets of (22-20), (21-18) in the semi-final match in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. They lost in the deciding match for gold against Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany.
References
- ^ Dorfman, Blake (6 August 2016). "The Toughest Challenges for Kerri Walsh Jennings, April Ross in Rio". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ USA’s May-Treanor/Walsh and Brazil’s Juliana/Larissa top women’s 2012 FIVB SWATCH World Tour season awards
- ^ 2012 FIVB Swatch World Tour Awards
- ^ "Lili e Bárbara Seixas comemoram folga após três pódios consecutivos - Terra Brasil" (in Portuguese). Esportes.terra.com.br. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Location summary
- ^ FIVB 2013 World Beach Volleyball Championships
- ^ "After seven Grand Slams, Brazil leads FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour". Boxscorenews.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
External links
- Bárbara Seixas at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Bárbara Seixas at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Personal blog
- Bárbara Seixas at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
- Bárbara Seixas de Freitas at Olympics.com
- Brazilian women's beach volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Beach volleyball defenders
- Olympic beach volleyball players of Brazil
- Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- FIVB World Tour award winners