Leila Barros

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Leila Barros
Leila Barros
portrait
birthday September 30, 1971
place of birth Brasilia, DF , Brazil
Indoor volleyball
societies
1992–1995
1995–1996
1996–1998
1998–1999
2000–2001
2001–2003
2003–2005 		L'Ácqua di Fiori
BCN Osasco
MRV Minas
Leites Nestlé
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
Brasil Telecom
Rexona Ades
National team
A national team
successes
1994 - Vice World Champion
1995 - Finalist World Grand Prix
1996 - Winner World Grand Prix
1996 - Bronze medal Olympic Games
1998 - Winner World Grand Prix
1998 - World Cup fourth
1999 - Finalist World Grand Prix
2000 - Third World Grand Prix
2000 - Bronze medal Olympic Games
beach volleyball
Partner 2002 - Sandra Pires
2003 - Mônica Rodrigues
2005-2007 - Ana Paula Connelly
2008 - Sandra Pires
successes
2005 - 9th place world championship

2006 - Winner of the FIVB tournament in Montreal
2007 - 17th place in the world championship

As of June 21, 2010

Leila Barros (born September 30, 1971 in Brasilia, DF ) is a former Brazilian volleyball and beach volleyball player and politician ( PSB ). Between 2015 and 2018 she was Minister of Sport for the Federal District of Brasília .

Sports career hall

Leila Barros started playing indoor volleyball when she was fifteen . In 1994 she became vice world champion with the Brazilian national team . The Brazilian also achieved second place with her team at the 1995 World Grand Prix . In 1996 and 1998 she even got the gold medal at this event and was named Most Valuable Player . In 1999 it was enough for the silver medal again and in 2000 Leila Barros stood on the podium for the fifth time after winning the bronze medal at a Grand Prix. The medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney were of the same color .

Sports career beach

Leila started her beach volleyball career in 2001. In 2002 she played several tournaments on the FIVB World Tour with Sandra Pires . In 2003 the partner was Mônica Rodrigues and from 2004 to 2007 Ana Paula Connelly and Leila Barros formed a team. The two achieved ninth place at the 2005 World Cup in Berlin . The next year the two Brazilians won the FIVB tournament in Montreal , reached the final at the Victoria Women's Open in their home country and finished third in Stavanger , Marseille and Paris . After these successes, Leila was named Most Improved Player of 2006. After some top ten placements in 2007 with Ana Paula, Leila Barros ended her career in 2008 with her first partner Sandra Pires. In the last tournament of the year in their home country, the two achieved another main draw with 17th place.

politics

In the elections in the federal district of Brasília in 2014, Barros ran for a seat in the district parliament for the Partido Republicano Brasileiro party . Between 2015 and 2018 she was Minister for Sports and Tourism of the Federal District.

In the 2018 parliamentary elections, Barros ran as "Leila do Vólei" (volleyball Leila) for a mandate as senator for the Partido Socialista Brasileiro .

Private

Leila grew up with her mother and father, Francisco Alves de Barros, together with her brother Marcelo. She first played handball in school before switching to volleyball. Leila is married to the Brazilian Olympic and World Champion Emanuel Rego .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
  2. ↑ Profile at the World Association FIVB (English)
  3. ↑ A DISCRETA CERIMÔNIA DE LEILA E EMANUEL ( Memento of January 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Barros, Leila
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian volleyball player and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Brasilia, DF