Leila Barros
Leila Barros | |
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![]() Barros' official portrait as senator | |
Senator for Federal District | |
Assumed office February 1, 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Leila Gomes de Barros September 30, 1971 (age 52) Brasília, DF, Brazil |
Political party | PSB (Since 2018) |
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Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 3.00 m (118 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 2.91 m (115 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite spiker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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Leila Gomes de Barros (born September 30, 1971)[1] is a Brazilian politician and a former female volleyball player. She often played as opposite hitter and attacker. She was a member of the Brazilian squad who had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), winning the 1996 and 1998 editions of the volleyball Grand Prix and being rated the most valuable player (MVP) in each win.
Volleyball career
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Leila_Barros_2007.jpg/220px-Leila_Barros_2007.jpg)
Barros started competing in volleyball at the age of fifteen. She switched to beach volleyball in July 2001, but returned to the indoor courts in 2003 in order to help the Brazil women's national volleyball team to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
In the Volleyball Women's World Cups, Barros finished as runners-up in 1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup and 2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, won third place in 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.[2] She also got silver medals in the 1994 World Championships. In the Olympics, her Brazilian team was 3rd in 1996 and 2000. She has also posed in several magazines and was one of the favorite players when she and the Brazilian volleyball team came to the Philippines.
Political career
In October 2018, Barros became the first woman to represent the Federal District of Brazil in the Senate.[3]
References
- ^ "Leila Barros profile". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball VIII World Cup 1999 02-16.11 Japan +9GMT - Winner Cuba". todor66.com. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
- ^ Amorozo, Marcos. "Leila do Vôlei é a primeira mulher eleita para o Senado no Distrito Federal" [Leila do Vôlei is the first woman elected for the Senate in Federal District]. correiobraziliense.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Members of the Federal Senate
- Brazilian Socialist Party politicians
- Brazilian women's volleyball players
- Brazilian women's beach volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players of Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Sportspeople from Brasília
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Opposite hitters
- Volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Brazilian Olympic medalist stubs
- Brazilian volleyball biography stubs