Jackie Silva

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| name = Jacqueline Silva
{{postnominals|OLY}}[https://olympians.org/olympians/olympians-for-life/ Olympians: Olympians for Life] – website of the WOA

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| fullname = Jacqueline Louise Cruz Silva

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| height = 1.70 m

| weight = 63 kg

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| position = Setter

| teamnumber = 10

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| nationalyears = 1979–1985

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Jacqueline Louise Cruz Silva (born 13 February 1962) is a Brazilian retired female volleyball player.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Player_DataDB.asp?No=100250 |title=Athlete's biography FIVB# 100250 |website=International Volleyball Federation |access-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112072305/http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Player_DataDB.asp?No=100250 |archive-date=12 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://jornaldovolei.com.br/tag/jacqueline-silva/ |title=Jackie Silva |author=Pedro |website=Jornaldovolei.com.br |access-date=16 July 2019 |language=Portuguese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716144035/https://jornaldovolei.com.br/tag/jacqueline-silva/ |archive-date=16 July 2019 |url-status=dead }} Silva won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, partnering with Sandra Pires.

Silva was first drafted by the Brazilian women's national volleyball team at the age of 14. She was part of the team that took Brazil to its first Olympics in Moscow in 1980, and then helped the team compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |title=Jacqueline Cruz Silva Cruz |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jacqueline-cruz-silva-cruz |access-date=2024-05-02}} She was known for her aggressive temperament and concern for gender equality, which led the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol to cut her from the national team in 1985.{{Cite journal |url=https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/RevEducFis/article/download/40452/751375139225 |title=Jackie Silva: An Olympic Champion's Journey |date=3 December 2018 |last1=Pereira |first1=Erik Giuseppe Barbosa |last2=Pereira |first2=Marcelo Luis Ribeiro Silva |doi=10.4025/jphyseduc.v30i1.3010 |journal=Journal of Physical Education |volume=30 |issue=1 |access-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |doi-access=free }}

In 2006, Silva was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=https://www.volleyhall.org/jackie-silva.html |website=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |title=Jackie Silva |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605075042/https://www.volleyhall.org/jackie-silva.html |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |url-status=live }}

Beach volleyball

In 1988, Silva went to the United States to become a beach volleyball player, with Linda Chisholm as her first partner. In 1993, she partnered with fellow Brazilian Sandra Pires, and together they won two world championships and the Olympic gold.

In 1994, Silva was the AVP Most Valuable Player. In her beach volleyball career, she won 60 tournaments and $644,000 in prizes.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1287 |title=Jackie Cruz Silva |website=Beach Volleyball Database |access-date=September 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320101309/http://bvbinfo.com/Player.asp?ID=1287 |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |url-status=live }}

Coaching

Silva joined the Florida International University coaching staff as a volunteer assistant with the women's beach volleyball team under head coach Rita Crockett.{{Cite web |url=https://fiusports.com/sports/womens-beach-volleyball/roster/coaches/jackie-silva/144 |website=FIU Athletics |title=Jackie Silva |access-date=September 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407145642/https://fiusports.com/sports/womens-beach-volleyball/roster/coaches/jackie-silva/144 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |url-status=live }}

Personal life

In 2009, Silva was designated UNESCO Champion of Sport.{{Cite web |title=Brazilian beach volleyball star named UNESCO Champion of Sport |date=31 August 2009 |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2009/08/310922 |access-date=12 September 2023 |website=United Nations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511202124/https://news.un.org/en/story/2009/08/310922 |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |url-status=live }}

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Silva was inducted into the Olympians for Life project for her work with the poor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=41193&Language=en |title=Beach volleyball pioneer Jackie Silva returns to Portugal |date=10 July 2013 |website=International Volleyball Federation |access-date=16 July 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714022937/http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=41193&Language=en |archive-date=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://olympians.org/news/723/olympians-for-life-project-proves-popular-at-olympians-reunion-centre-by-ey/ |date=20 August 2016 |title=Olympians for Life Project proves popular at Olympians Reunion Centre by EY |website=Olympians.org |access-date=17 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018234752/https://olympians.org/news/723/olympians-for-life-project-proves-popular-at-olympians-reunion-centre-by-ey/ |archive-date=18 October 2022 |url-status=live }}

Silva is openly lesbian and has a relationship with the ballerina Amália Lima.{{Cite web |url=https://www.df.superesportes.com.br/app/19,68/2014/10/07/noticia_volei,58152/ex-jogadora-jacqueline-silva-e-a-bailarina-amalia-lima-se-casam-em-petropolis.shtml |website=Df.superesportes.com.br |title=Ex-jogadora Jacqueline Silva e a bailarina Amália Lima se casam em Petrópolis |date=October 7, 2014 |language=Portuguese |access-date=September 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405204044/https://www.df.superesportes.com.br/app/19,68/2014/10/07/noticia_volei,58152/ex-jogadora-jacqueline-silva-e-a-bailarina-amalia-lima-se-casam-em-petropolis.shtml |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |url-status=live }}

References

External links

[https://www.volleyhall.org/jackie-silva.html International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile]
{{official website|http://www.jackiesilva.com.br}} {{in lang|pt}}
[http://www.fiusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=144&path=sand_volleyball Florida International coaching bio]
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[https://women.volleybox.net/jacqueline-silva-p4403 Volleybox.net profile]

{{Succession box

| before = {{flagathlete|Adriana Samuel
and Mônica Rodrigues | BRA}}

| title = Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner
alongside {{flagicon|BRA}} Sandra Pires

| years = 1995–1996

| after = {{flagathlete|Adriana Behar
and Shelda Bede | BRA}}

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Category:1962 births

Category:Living people

Category:Brazilian women's volleyball players

Category:Brazilian women's beach volleyball players

Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil

Category:Olympic volleyball players for Brazil