Ágatha Bednarczuk

{{short description|Brazilian beach volleyball player (born 1983)}}

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{{Infobox volleyball player

| name = Ágatha Bednarczuk

| nationality = Brazilian

| image = Ágatha Bednarczuk em Copacabana 2016 ffz-4292 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Bednarczuk at the 2016 Summer Olympics

| full_name = Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|22|df=y}}

| hometown = Curitiba, Brazil[https://www.cob.org.br/en/atletas/agatha-bednarczuk Agatha]. cob.org.br

| height = 1.82 m[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/agatha-bednarczuk Agatha Bednarczuk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220201745/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/agatha-bednarczuk |date=2016-12-20 }}. rio2016.com

| weight = 70 kg

| currentyears = 2023–present

| currentteammate = Rebecca Cavalcante

| years = 2005
2006–2008
2010
2013
2012, 2014–2017
2017–2021

| teammates = Sandra Pires
Shaylyn Bede
Raquel Pellucci
Maria Antonelli
Bárbara Seixas
Duda Lisboa

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{{MedalSport|Women's beach volleyball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

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{{MedalSilver | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Beach }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 The Hague|Beach}}

{{MedalCompetition | Universiade }}

{{MedalBronze| 2011 Shenzhen | Beach }}

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Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel (born 22 June 1983), frequently referred to as just Ágatha, is a Brazilian international beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker.{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2654376-the-toughest-challenges-for-kerri-walsh-jennings-april-ross-in-rio |title=The Toughest Challenges for Kerri Walsh Jennings, April Ross in Rio |publisher=Bleacher Report |date=August 6, 2016 |first=Blake |last=Dorfman |accessdate=August 19, 2018}} She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas.

Biography

Born in Curitiba to Maria José Vagnoni Moscardi and Alfredo Bednarczuk, Bednarczuk is of Polish and Italian ancestry. She started competing in the city of Paranaguá, and became famous after competing at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships. She was part of the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008 and 2012. Bednarczuk also competed at the 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships and was on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=54360&Language=en#.VZstcbUl_mQ |title=Double delight for Brazil's Agatha Bednarczuk |date=4 July 2015 |accessdate=6 July 2015 |website=www.fivb.org |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Volleyball |last= |first=}} This qualified her to represent Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

=Olympics=

Ágatha and her partner Bárbara beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of United States, in straight sets of (22–20), (21–18) in the 2016 Rio Olympic semifinal. The pair then lost to Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst.

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