Fernanda Rodrigues

Fernanda Rodrigues
Grand Prix 2012 in Łódź
portrait
Date of birth	May 10, 1986
place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
size	1.79 m
position	Acceptance / outside
societies
2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2008 2008–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 from 2012	Sociedade de Ginástica Porto Alegre São Caetano EC Minas Tênis Clube EC Pinheiros NEC Red Rockets Vôlei Futuro Osasco Voleibol Clube
National team
since 2010	Junior national team A national team
successes
2005 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012	U20 World Champion World Cup Finalist Finalist Grand Prix Winner Pan American Games South American Champion Finalist Grand Prix Olympic Champion
As of August 18, 2012

Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (born May 10, 1986 in Porto Alegre ) is a Brazilian volleyball player . She won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Career

Rodrigues started her career in 2002 at Sociedade de Ginástica Porto Alegre. The next season she played at São Caetano EC. She then moved to the Minas Tênis Clube. In 2005 she won the U-20 World Cup with the Brazilian youth. From 2008 to 2010, the outside attacker played at EC Pinheiros . In 2010 she made her debut in the senior team and reached the final of the World Cup . The following season Rodrigues was active in the Japanese league with NEC Red Rockets . In 2011 she returned home and went to Vôlei Futuro . With the national team, she finished second in the Grand Prix and won both the Pan American Games and the South American Championship . In 2012, after again second place in the Grand Prix, she participated in the Olympic Games in London and won the gold medal with Brazil.

Web links

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