Adriana Samuel
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Born | April 12, 1966 Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (age 58)||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adriana Samuel Ramos (born April 12, 1966)[1] is a Brazilian volleyball and beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mônica Rodrigues.
Samuel begun her career with indoor volleyball, even becoming a part of Brazil women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 1984 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, the 1985 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, and the 1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[2] However, she left the court in 1992, moving into the beach by forming a partnership with Mônica Rodrigues.[3]
She also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Sandra Pires (who had defeated Samuel in Atlanta).
Adriana's brother Alexandre "Tande" Samuel is also a volleyball player, who won the gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adriana Samuel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Team Roster – Brazil". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Adriana Samuel". Adrianasamuel.com.br. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18.
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- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in beach volleyball
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state)
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