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Marianne Steinbrecher
Personal information
Full nameMarianne Steinbrecher
NicknameMari
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1983-08-23) August 23, 1983 (age 41)
São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Spike320 cm (130 in)
Block308 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker / Opposite spiker
Current clubBrazil Molico/Nestlé Osasco
Number7
Career
YearsTeams
1996–1999
1999–2000
2000–2003
2003–2005
2006–2008
2008–2010
2010–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
Brazil Rolândia/Faccar
Brazil Grêmio Londrinense
Brazil BCN/Osasco
Brazil Finasa/Osasco
Italy Scavolini Pesaro
Brazil São Caetano/Blausiegel
Brazil Unilever Volley
Turkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Brazil Praia Clube
Brazil Molico/Nestlé Osasco
National team
2004–2012Brazil
Honours
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place Beijing 2008 Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Japan Team
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2004 Reggio Calabria Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Reggio Calabria Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Yokohama Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tokyo Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 San Juan Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Miami Team
Final Four Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Fortaleza Team

Marianne Steinbrecher, known as Mari (born August 23, 1983[1]), is a volleyball player from Brazil,[2] who plays as a wing spiker (basically outside hitter, occasionally opposite hitter)[3] at Molico/Osasco. She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in which she helped her country win the gold medal. She is known for her high arm swing when hitting and her ability to hit over the top of most blocks.

Life and career

Born in São Paulo,[2] Steinbrecher, who is of Russian and German descent,[4] started playing volleyball when she was 14 years old.[4] After playing for Rolândia/Faccar and Grêmio Londrinense,[5] she professionalized while playing for Osasco.[4] Playing for Osasco, she won the Salonpas Cup in 2001, in 2002 and in 2005,[6] the Campeonato Paulista in 2003,[4] and the Superliga in 2003–04.[6] In 2006, she left Osasco and joined Italian club Scavolini Pesaro.[4][5] In 2008, she returned to Brazil to play for São Caetano/Blausiegel in the Copa Brasil.[7][8] In 2010 she signed a contract with the Brazilian club Unilever Volley. She played with Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar and helped her team to win the bronze medal after defeating Puerto Rico's Lancheras de Cataño 3-0.[9]

National team

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Playing for the national team, she won the FIVB World Grand Prix in 2004, in 2006, in 2008[4] and in 2009. In the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix, she was awarded the competition's Most Valuable Player (MVP).[10] Steinbrecher participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which her country finished in the fourth place, after being defeated by Cuba in the bronze medal match.[11] In the 2007 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal, after her country was defeated by Cuba in the final.[4] In 2008, Steinbrecher helped Brazil win the FIVB World Grand Prix, also winning the competition's Most Valuable Player award.[12] In the same year, on her birthday, in Beijing, Steinbrecher won her first gold medal in the Olympic Games, after her country beat the United States 3–1 in the gold medal match.[13]

Mari took part of the National Team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[14]

Scoring statistics

Competition Spike Block Serve Total
2006 FIVB World Championship[15] 48 10 1 59
2008 FIVB World Grand Prix[16] 56 10 2 68
2009 FIVB World Grand Prix[17] 45 12 5 62
2010 FIVB World Grand Prix[18] 14 4 - 18
2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup[19] 49 9 5 63

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ^ "Marianne Steinbrecher". Yahoo. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "A história do voleibol nos Jogos Pan-Americanos // Perfis da Seleção Feminina e do técnico Zé Roberto" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol. July 13, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  3. ^ "Women's Particip" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Mari" (in Portuguese). UOL. August 23, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Marianne Steinbrecher" (in Italian). Scavolini Pesaro. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Títulos" (in Portuguese). Marianne Steinbrecher's official website. Archived from the original on July 30, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  7. ^ "Reforço do São Caetano/Blausiegel, Mari crê em sucesso na temporada" (in Portuguese). Planeta Volei. July 16, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  8. ^ "São Caetano conta com Fofão, Mari e Sheilla" (in Portuguese). iG. September 4, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  9. ^ "Fenerbahce defeat Lancheras for women's bronze medal". Doha, Qatar: FIVB. October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  10. ^ "Modelo de superação" (in Portuguese). JB Online. July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008. [dead link]
  11. ^ "Sonho de ouro vira pesadelo para o Brasil" (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  12. ^ "Brazil claim seventh World Grand Prix title with perfect 5-0 record". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. July 13, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  13. ^ "Brasil vence os EUA na final e conquista glória máxima no vôlei feminino" (in Portuguese). UOL. August 23, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  14. ^ FIVB (October 20, 2011). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  15. ^ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldChampionships/Women/2006/stats/best_scorers.asp?sm=32
  16. ^ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2008/stats/best_scorers_prelim.asp?sm=44
  17. ^ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2009/Best_Players.asp?Tourn=WGP2009&Skill=SCO
  18. ^ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2010/Best_Players.asp?Tourn=WGP2010&Skill=SCO
  19. ^ http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/GrandChampionCup/2009/Women/Best_Players.asp?Tourn=WGCC2009&Skill=SCO
Awards
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Prix

2008
Succeeded by