Adenízia Silva

Adenízia Silva
Grand Prix 2012 in Łódź
portrait
Date of birth	18th December 1986
place of birth	Ibiaí, Brazil
size	1.85 m
position	Middle block
societies
since 1999	Clube Filadélfia Osasco Voleibol Clube
National team
since 2005	Junior national team A national team
successes
2005 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012	U20 World Champion Brazilian Cup Winner Winner Grand Prix South American Champion Brazilian Champion Finalist Grand Prix Finalist Grand Prix South American Champion Brazilian Champion Finalist Grand Prix Olympic Champion
As of August 18, 2012

Adenízia Aparecida Ferreira da Silva (born December 18, 1986 in Ibiaí ) is a Brazilian volleyball player . She won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Career

Silva started her career at Clube Filadélfia . In 1999 she came to the Osasco Voleibol Clube, where she first played in the youth team. In 2005 she won the World Cup with the Brazilian U20. In the same year, the middle blocker made her debut in the senior national team . In 2007 she moved up to Osasco's first team, which was the Brazilian Cup winner in 2008. In 2009 Silva won the Grand Prix and the South American Championship with Brazil . In 2010 she became Brazilian champions with the club. Internationally, she reached the final of the Grand Prix in the national team in 2010 and 2011 . At the South American Championship 2011, Brazil managed to defend their title. In 2012, Silva became champions for the second time with Osasco, but missed victory in the Grand Prix for the third time in a row internationally . She then took part in the Olympic Games in London and won the gold medal with Brazil.

Web links

• Adenízia Silva in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)