Edwarda Dias

{{Short description|Brazilian paralympic sitting volleyball player}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 April 1999}}

| birth_place = Suzano, Brazil

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{{MedalSport | Women's sitting volleyball }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Rio | Team competition }}

{{MedalBronze | 2020 Tokyo | Team competition }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championship}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Parapan American Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Santiago|Mixed doubles SL3–SU5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2023 Santiago|Women's singles SL4}}

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Edwarda de Oliveira Dias (born 22 April 1999) is a Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player. She won the bronze medal playing for the Brazilian Women's National Team in sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite web|title=Edwarda de Oliveira Dias, Sitting volleyball|url=https://www.paralympic.org/edwarda-de-oliveira-dias)|access-date=18 February 2022|website=www.paralympic.org}} This was the first medal for Brazil in sitting volleyball at the Paralympics.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-09-17|title=Brasil conquista sua primeira medalha no volei sentado em Paralimpíada|url=https://www.otempo.com.br/superfc-antigo/brasil-conquista-sua-primeira-medalha-no-volei-sentado-em-paralimpiada-1.1373303|access-date=2022-02-18|website=SuperFC|language=pt-BR|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008191604/https://www.otempo.com.br/superfc-antigo/brasil-conquista-sua-primeira-medalha-no-volei-sentado-em-paralimpiada-1.1373303|url-status=dead}}

Dias represented Brazil at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, playing as a striker, setter, central, midfielder, and winger in the national sitting volleyball team.{{Cite web|last=Pinheiro|first=Giovana|date=2021-08-26|title=Edwarda Dias é a emoção do vôlei sentado feminino na Paralimpíada|url=https://www.olimpiadatododia.com.br/toquio-2020/369685-edwarda-dias-e-a-emocao-do-volei-sentado-feminino-na-paralimpiada/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Olimpíada Todo Dia|language=pt-BR}} At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the Brazilian Women's National Team in sitting volleyball, where Dias was one of the key players, won the bronze medal again, following their win over Canada 3–1 at Makuhari Messe Hall.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-10|title=Edwarda lets the inner child out to win another bronze > World ParaVolley|url=https://www.worldparavolley.org/edwarda-lets-her-inner-child-out-to-win-another-bronze/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=World ParaVolley|language=en-GB}}

In February 2022, Dias, along with other members of the Brazilian women's sitting volleyball team, trained at the Paralympic Training Center in São Paulo to prepare for the Paris 2024 cycle.{{Cite web|title=Seleções femininas de vôlei sentado principal e de base se reúnem para 1ª semana de treino no CT Paralímpico no ano|url=https://www.cpb.org.br/noticia/detalhe/3865/selecoes-femininas-de-volei-sentado-principal-e-de-base-se-reunem-para-1a-semana-de-treino-no-ct-paralimpico-no-ano|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro|language=pt-br|archive-date=19 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319120402/https://www.cpb.org.br/noticia/detalhe/3865/selecoes-femininas-de-volei-sentado-principal-e-de-base-se-reunem-para-1a-semana-de-treino-no-ct-paralimpico-no-ano|url-status=dead}}