Ana Moser

{{short description|Brazilian volleyball player, 12th Brazilian Minister of Sports}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ana Moser

| image = 02.01.2023 - Posse de Ana Moser, Ministra dos Esportes (52623937784) (cropped).jpg

| office = Minister of Sports

| term_start = 1 January 2023

| term_end = 13 September 2023

| president = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

| predecessor = Ronaldo Bento (as Minister of Citizenship)

| successor = André Fufuca

| birth_name = Ana Beatriz Moser

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|08|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil

| module = {{Infobox volleyball biography

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| height = {{height|m=1.85}}

| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| spike = 310 cm

| block = 289 cm

| position = Outside hitter

| currentclub = Retired

| years1 = 1985–1988

| team1 = Transbrasil

| years2 = 1988–1991

| team2 = Sadia Esporte Clube

| years3 = 1991–1993

| team3 = Colgate/São Caetano

| years4 = 1993–1996

| team4 = Leite Moça/Sorocaba

| years5 = 1996–1997

| team5 = Mizuno/Uniban

| years6 = 1997–1998

| team6 = Dayvit/Barueri

| years7 = 1998–1999

| team7 = UNG

| years8 = 1998–1999

| team8 = BCN/Osasco

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's volleyball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze |1996 Atlanta|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|1994 Brazil|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver| 1995 Japan |Team}}

{{MedalBronze| 1999 Japan |Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Grand Champions Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|1997 Tokyo/Osaka|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Grand Prix}}

{{MedalGold|1994 Shanghai|}}

{{MedalGold|1996 Shanghai|}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Hong Kong|}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Shanghai|}}

{{MedalSilver|1999 Yuxi|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1990 Seattle|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1991 Havana|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition| CSV South American Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 1991 Osasco |}}

{{MedalGold | 1995 Porto Alegre |}}

{{MedalSilver | 1989 Curitiba |}}

}}

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Ana Beatriz Moser (born 14 August 1968) is a Brazilian former volleyball player and three-time Olympian who played as an outside hitter.{{Cite web |url=https://volleybox.net/ana-moser-p2983 |title=Ana Moser |website=Volleybox.net |access-date=25 February 2024 }} She helped make the Brazilian women's national volleyball team a dominant force in the 1990s. From January to September 2023, she served as minister of Sport, and was the first woman to hold the office since its creation in 1995.

Moser was a member of the Brazilian national volleyball team for over a decade, serving as the team captain and winning silver medals at the 1994 FIVB World Championship and 1995 FIVB World Cup. She then won squad's first Olympic medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta with a bronze medal.{{Cite web|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/ana-moser-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/ana-moser-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|title = Ana Moser|date = |accessdate = 7 July 2015|website = Sports Reference|publisher = |last = |first = }}{{Cite web|url = http://globoesporte.globo.com/pb/noticia/2011/11/ana-moser-ex-capita-da-selecao-fala-sobre-atuacao-do-brasil-no-japao.html|title = Ana Moser, ex-capitã da seleção, fala sobre atuação do Brasil no Japão |language=Portuguese |date = 17 November 2011|accessdate = 7 July 2015|website = Globoesporte.globo.com |publisher = G1|last = Madruga|first = Expedito |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710111929/https://ge.globo.com/pb/noticia/2011/11/ana-moser-ex-capita-da-selecao-fala-sobre-atuacao-do-brasil-no-japao.html |archive-date=10 July 2022 |url-status=live }} She participated in the 1999 FIVB World Cup, helping Brazil win the bronze medal and qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and announced her retirement shortly after the Olympics.{{Cite web|url=http://todor66.com/volleyball/World_Cup/Women_1999.html|title=Women Volleyball VIII World Cup 1999 02-16.11 Japan +9GMT - Winner Cuba|last=Krastev|first=Todor|website=Todor66.com|access-date=25 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409035143/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/World_Cup/Women_1999.html |archive-date=9 April 2023 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://euvivoesporte.com.br/esportes/volei/joias-do-brasil/ana-moser-potencia-a-servio-do-brasil-10 |title=Ana Moser: Potência a serviço do Brasil |website=EU VIVO ESPORTE |language=Portuguese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102124603/https://euvivoesporte.com.br/esportes/volei/joias-do-brasil/ana-moser-potencia-a-servio-do-brasil-10 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |access-date=21 August 2023 }} She also participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Brazil finished in sixth and fourth place, respectively.

In 2009, Moser was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=https://www.volleyhall.org/ana-moser.html |website=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |title=Ana Moser |access-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605064046/https://www.volleyhall.org/ana-moser.html |archive-date=5 June 2023 |url-status=live }}