Bárbara Seixas
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| Full name | Bárbara Seixas de Freitas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bárbara Seixas de Freitas (born 8 March 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. In 2012 she was named FIVB top Rookie of the year.[1][2] Seixas is a three-time youth World Champion and has reached the podium in several FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournaments.[3][4] She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her team mate Liliane Maestrini,[5] and per 13 August 2013 they rank third among the women's money leaders with $108,875.[6]
In 2015, Seixas and her partner Ágatha Bednarczuk won a gold medal at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships.
Professional career
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Bárbara and her partner Ágatha beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of United States, in straight sets of (22-20), (21-18) in the semi-final match in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. They lost in the deciding match for gold against Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany.
References
- ↑ USA’s May-Treanor/Walsh and Brazil’s Juliana/Larissa top women’s 2012 FIVB SWATCH World Tour season awards
- ↑ 2012 FIVB Swatch World Tour Awards
- ↑ "Lili e Bárbara Seixas comemoram folga após três pódios consecutivos - Terra Brasil" (in Portuguese). Esportes.terra.com.br. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ↑ Location summary
- ↑ FIVB 2013 World Beach Volleyball Championships
- ↑ "After seven Grand Slams, Brazil leads FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour". Boxscorenews.com. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
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Preceded by Britta Büthe (GER) |
Women's FIVB World Tour "Top Rookie" 2012 |
Succeeded by Kira Walkenhorst (GER) |