Danielle Lins

Danielle Lins
Grand Prix 2012 in Łódź
portrait
Date of birth	5th January 1985
place of birth	Recife, Brazil
size	1.81 m
position	passing
societies
2000–2005 2005–2011 since 2011	Osasco Voleibol Clube Rio de Janeiro VC SESI São Paulo
National team
until 2003 since 2003	Junior national team A national team
successes
2002 2003 2003-2009, 2011 2007 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012	South American Champion Junior U-20 World Champion Brazilian Champion Brazilian Cup Winner Winner Grand Prix South American Champion Finalist Grand Prix World Cup Finalist Finalist Grand Prix Winner Pan American Games South American Champion Finalist Grand Prix Olympic Champion
As of August 12, 2012

Danielle "Dani" Rodrigues Lins (born January 5, 1985 in Recife ) is a Brazilian volleyball player . She won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Career

In the club

Lins began her career in 2000 at the Osasco Voleibol Club, with which she was Brazilian champion three times in a row from 2003 to 2005. She then moved to Rio de Janeiro VC, with whom she continued her successful streak in the national championship up to and including 2009. In addition to the annual league title, she won the Brazilian Cup in 2007. After the next success in the league with Rio de Janeiro, Lins moved to SESI São Paulo in 2011 .

In the national team

With the Brazilian juniors, Danielle Lins became South American champion in 2002. The following year she also won the U-20 World Cup. Her debut in the senior national team took place in 2003. In the same year, scored Lin both the Pan American Games and the Pan American Cup the 4th Place. In 2005 and 2006 she won the Montreux Volley Masters with Brazil by winning the final against China , and in 2008 she won the Pan American Cup. Lins won the Brazilian Grand Prix and South American championships in 2009 , also winning the Pan American Cup and the Montreux Masters for the third time. She was named the best setter of the tournament at the South American Championship. In addition, Danielle Lins has been the official captain of the national team since August 1, 2009. In 2010 she achieved second place with Brazil at the Grand Prix and reached the final of the World Cup , where Brazil, however, lost 3-2 to Russia. The following year she was again second at the Grand Prix , but won the Pan American Games and the Pan American Cup. At both the Grand Prix and the Pan-American Games, she was again recognized as the best setter of the tournament. In 2012 she took second place at the Grand Prix for the third time in a row . She then took part in the Olympic Games in London and won the gold medal with Brazil by beating the USA 3-1 in the final .

Web links

Commons : Dani Lins  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

credentials

1. ↑ Dani Lins aceita missão de substituir Fofão: 'Acho essa ideia ótima' ( Portuguese ) O Globo. August 24, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009.