Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel (born 13 February 1972, in Lavras, Minas Gerais), more commonly known as Ana Paula, is a retired female volleyball player and journalist from Brazil who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. With Brazil women's national volleyball team, she won three World Grand Prix editions and got medals in various tournaments, including the 1996 Olympics in the United States and the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Japan.[1] On the beach, she won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2003 (alongside Sandra Pires) and 2008 (with Shelda Bede).
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| Full name | Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazil and United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1972 Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 309 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 284 cm (112 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life edit
After retiring from volleyball in 2010, Paula moved to Los Angeles, California, where she majored in architecture at UCLA and is now studying to get a master's degree in political science. Noted for her conservative views, she had a column in newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and joined news station Jovem Pan.[2]
Paula has been married three times, first to basketballer Jeffty Connelly from 1994 to 1998, and then to volleyball coach Marcus Miranda, with whom she had a son. Since 2010, she has been married to attorney and retired beach volleyballer Carl Henkel.[3][4] She was considering a fifth Olympic appearance in 2012, but retired as she was developing panic disorder and started resenting being too absent for her son.[5]
References edit
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1998 – Teams Composition. - Brazil". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ Dama de ferro, Universo Online
- ^ "ISTOÉ Gente Online".
- ^ "Troca de alianças ao pôr do sol de Ana Paula e Carl". 9 February 2010.
- ^ Síndrome do pânico fez Ana Paula desistir de sua quinta Olimpíada, Universo Online
External links edit
- Ana Paula Connelly at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Ana Paula Connelly Henkel at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Ana Paula Connelly at Olympics.com
- Ana Paula Connelly at Olympic.org (archived)
- Ana Paula at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net Profile
- UOL profile
- Ana Paula Henkel's political column
