Shelda Bede

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Shelda Bede

March 2005
birthday	1st January 1973
place of birth	Fortaleza, Brazil
size	1.65 m
partner	1995 Isabel Salgado 1995–2007 Adriana Behar 2008–2009 Ana Paula
successes
1997 - FIVB World Tour Champion 1997 - 3rd place World Championship 1998 - FIVB World Tour Champion 1999 - FIVB World Tour Champion 1999 - World Champion 1999 - Winner of the Pan American Games 2000 - FIVB World Tour Champion 2000 - Silver medal Olympic Games 2001 - FIVB World Tour Champion 2001 - World Champion 2003 - Vice World Champion 2004 - FIVB World Tour Champion 2004 - Silver Medal Olympic Games 2005 - FIVB Best Defensive Player 2006 - FIVB Best Defensive Player 2008 - FIVB World Tour Champion 2008 - FIVB Team of the Year 2009 - FIVB Sportsperson 2010 - Volleyball Hall of fame
(As of September 7, 2011)

Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede (born January 1, 1973 in Fortaleza , Brazil ) is a former Brazilian beach volleyball player , two-time world champion and two-time silver medalist at the Olympic Games.

Career

First Shelda Bede played indoor volleyball , at the age of 18 she moved to the sand. After three unsuccessful qualifications for FIVB tournaments with Isabel Salgado , Shelda played her first tournament with Adriana Behar in late 1995 . Since then, the two Brazilians have won 31 FIVB tournaments, including two World Championships in 1999 and 2001. In 1999, the two South Americans also won the Pan American Games . At the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 Shelda / Adriana reached the final, but lost both times. Six times they became Tour Champion of the FIVB together, five of them uninterruptedly in the years 1997 to 2001. A runner-up world title in 2003 and a bronze medal at the 1997 World Cup complete the track record of Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede, the three FIVB after the end of their partner’s career Won tournaments with Ana Paula , became FIVB Tour Champion for the seventh time and reached the semi-finals with her new partner at the 2009 World Cup in Stavanger. After that, Shelda ended her long international career. In 2010 Shelda was inducted into the "Volleyball Hall of Fame".

Web links

Shelda Bede in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (team). (PDF) Archived from the original on October 5, 2013 ; accessed on December 30, 2017 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Bede, Shelda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bruno Bede, Shelda Kelly (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian beach volleyball player and world champion
DATE OF BIRTH	1st January 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fortaleza , Brazil

[1] Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (team). (PDF) Archived from the original on October 5, 2013 ; accessed on December 30, 2017 (English).