Elisângela Oliveira
{{Short description|Brazilian volleyball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Portuguese name|Almeida|de Oliveira}}
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| name = Elisângela Oliveira
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| fullname = Elisângela Almeida de Oliveira
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| nationality = Brazilian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|81|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| spike = {{convert|302|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}
| block ={{convert|282|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}
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| position = Opposite spiker
| currentclub = Retired
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| nationalyears = 1999–2004
| nationalteam = {{vbw|Brazil}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's Volleyball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{BRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2000 Sydney | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|1999 Japan|}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Grand Prix}}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Reggio Calabria | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 1999 Yu Xi | Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2000 Quezon City|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Winnipeg | Team}}
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Elisângela Almeida de Oliveira (born 31 January 1978) is a Brazilian former volleyball player.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94511 |title=Elisângela Oliveira |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 March 2022}}
She participated at the 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. She competed for Brazil at the 2000 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal. She claimed the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 1999 Pan American Games. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was champion of the South American Youth Championship in 1996 and 1999, won three medals at the Grand Prix, and won the gold medal at the Pan Winnipeg in 1999, .
Career
She began her volleyball career at 15 years old. She joined the Brazilian national team in 1996 and won a medal in the South American Youth Championship. The next year she competed in Brazilian Superliga Women's Volleyball, and her team finished in eighth place. In 1999 she joined the adult national team; she was 21 years old. That year her team competed in the BCV CUP, finishing in fourth place. Her team won the bronze medal in the Grand Prix and the Olympics the following year. Oliveira's team also won the bronze medal in the 2000 Olympics, after which she joined another volleyball team. Joining the club was controversial as she was five months pregnant. On 17 May 2005 her son, Lorenzo, was born. Only two months later, she began training again.
Clubs
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Paraná Vôlei (1998–2001)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Minas Tênis Clube (2001–2003)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Paraná Vôlei (2003–2004)
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Santeramo (2004–2005)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Macaé (2005–2007)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Finasa Osasco (2007–2008)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Brusque (2008–2009)
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Hisamitsu Springs (2009–2011)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} SESI-SP (2011–2013)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Brasília Vôlei (2013–2015)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} São Bernardo (2015–2016)
Awards
=Individuals=
- 2005–06 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Server"
- 2008–09 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Server"
- 2010–11 Japanese V-League – "Best Server"
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{sports links}}
- {{in lang|pt}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20051202220258/http://www1.uol.com.br/olimpiadas/2000/volei/brasileiros_elisangela.shl UOL profile]
{{Brazil squad 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{Brazil women volleyball team 2000 Olympics}}
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Category:Brazilian women's volleyball players
Category:Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Category:Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
Category:Expatriate volleyball players in Thailand
Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Category:Volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Category:Sportspeople from Londrina
Category:Volleyball players from Paraná (state)
Category:Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Italy