Josemari Alves

Josemari "Josi" Alves
portrait
birthday	January 31, 1979
place of birth	Itapema, Brazil
size	1.73 m
Partner	2001–2013 various 2014–2015 Elize Maia 2015–2016 Val Leão 2016 Fernanda Alves 2016 Thati Soares since 2017 Lili Maestrini
World ranking	Position 25
successes
2016 - 5th place FIVB Major Poreč 2017 - 5th place FIVB 5-star Fort Lauderdale 2018 - 4th place FIVB 3-star Mersin 2018 - victory FIVB 2-star Nantong 2018 - victory FIVB 2-star Nanjing
(As of July 17, 2018)

Josemari "Josi" Alves (born January 31, 1979 in Itapema ) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player .

Career

Josi Alves has been playing with various partners at national and South American tournaments since 2001. In 2014 and 2015 she formed a duo with Elize Maia . Josi made her first appearances on the FIVB World Tour with Val Leão in 2015 and 2016 , but without much success. With Fernanda Alves , she reached the quarter-finals for the first time on the World Tour 2016 at the major tournament in Poreč , in which the Brazilians lost 2-1 to the Canadians Bansley / Pavan . At the end of 2016 Josi started with Thati Soares at national tournaments.

Lili Maestrini has been Josi's partner since 2017 . They made a successful debut with a fifth place at the FIVB 5-Star Tournament in Fort Lauderdale . On the World Tour 2018 , Josi and Lili achieved several top ten placements: ninth in Warsaw , fifth in Lucerne , fourth in Mersin and victories in Nantong and Nanjing .

Web links

• Profile at Vôlei Brasil (Portuguese)
• Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIVB world rankings (as of July 16, 2018)