Ana Paula Connelly
Ana Paula Henkel | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel | ||
Nationality | Brazil and USA | ||
Born | Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 13 February 1972||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||
Spike | 309 cm (122 in) | ||
Block | 284 cm (112 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Middle blocker | ||
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Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) 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 Volleyball Women's 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).
After retiring from volleyball in 2010, she 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]
Personal life
She 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
- ^ "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
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- Ana Paula Connelly at the International Olympic Committee
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- Ana Paula Henkel's political column
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Brazilian people of German descent
- Brazilian women's volleyball players
- Brazilian women's beach volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Brazil
- Olympic beach volleyball players of Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Brazilian expatriates in the United States
- Brazilian anti-communists
- People from Lavras
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Sportspeople from Minas Gerais
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