Leila Barros
Leila Barros | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Leila Gomes de Barros |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Born | September 30, 1971 Brasília, DF, Brazil | (age 52)
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Spike | 300 cm (118 in) |
Block | 291 cm (115 in) |
Volleyball information | |
Position | Opposite spiker |
Honours |
Leila Gomes de Barros (born September 30, 1971)[1] is a retired Brazilian 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.
Career
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 and 2003, was third placed in 1999. 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.
References
- ^ "Leila Barros profile". Volleyball Magazine. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- 1971 births
- Living people
- 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
- Brazilian Olympic medalist stubs
- Brazilian volleyball biography stubs