Fabiana "Fabi" Alvim de Oliveira (born 7 March 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who won the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Fabiana Alvim de Oliveira | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Fabi | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1980 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | ||||||||||||
| Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 2012 | |||||||||||||
Career edit
Fabiana started playing volleyball at the age of 13, specializing in defense - and later the libero position - due to her short height. De Oliveira was first called up to the Brazil women's national volleyball team in 2002, under coach Marco Aurélio Motta. She lost her place under his replacement, José Roberto Guimarães, and only returned to being a mainstay of the team in 2005. At the 2007 Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, de Oliveira and the Brazilian team won the silver medal.[1]
One year later, de Oliveira won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was chosen as the best libero of the tournament.[2]
At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, de Oliveira was given the "Best Receiver" award,[3] also winning the gold medal with her national team.[4]
Oliveira was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[5] She was also part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also took the 2013 South American Championship with her national team, winning the Best Libero award.[6]
Oliveira won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship, playing with Unilever Vôlei.[7]
During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Oliveira played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich.[8]
Oliveira decided to retire from volleyball after the 2017/2018 season of the Brazilian Superliga, when her team Sesc Rio won the silver medal. Currently Oliveira is working as a volleyball commentator.[9]
Awards edit
Individuals edit
- 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Libero"
- 2008 Final Four Cup – "Best Libero"
- 2008 Final Four Cup – "Best Receiver"
- 2008 Summer Olympics – "Best Libero"
- 2009 South American Club Championship – "Best Libero"
- 2009 Montreux Volley Masters – "Best Libero"
- 2009 South American Championship – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2009 South American Championship – "Best Receiver"
- 2011 Pan-American Cup – "Best Receiver"
- 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Digger"
- 2011 South American Championship – "Best Libero"
- 2011 FIVB World Cup – "Best Receiver"
- 2013 South American Club Championship – "Best Libero"
- 2013 South American Championship – "Best Libero"
- 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Libero"
- 2015 South American Club Championship – "Best Libero"
- 2016 South American Club Championship – "Best Libero"
- 2016 FIVB Club World Championship – "Best Libero"
- 2017 South American Club Championship – "Best Libero"
Clubs edit
- 2013 FIVB Club World Championship –
Runner-up, with Unilever Vôlei - 2017 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-up, with Rexona/SESC
- 2013 Club South American Championship –
Champion, with Unilever Vôlei - 2015 Club South American Championship – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
- 2016 Club South American Championship – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
- 2017 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Rexona/SESC
- 2018 South American Club Championship – Runner-up, with SESC Rio
References edit
- ^ "Brazil wins 1st gold in women's volleyball". CBC Sports. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ "Brazilian Women win gold in style as they drop just one set throughout Olympic Volleyball Tournament; Paula Pequeno is MVP". FIVB. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
- ^ "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Após deixar as quadras, Fabi reforça time de comentaristas do Grupo Globo" (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Globo. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
