Fabiana Alvim

Fabiana "Fabi" Alvim de Oliveira (born 7 March 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who won the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alvim and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira.
Fabi Alvim
Personal information
Full nameFabiana Alvim de Oliveira
NicknameFabi
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1980-03-07) 7 March 1980
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubRetired
Career
YearsTeams
1998–1999Macaé
1999–2000Flamengo
2000–2001Vasco da Gama
2001–2005ACF Campos
2005–2018Rio de Janeiro
National team
2002–2013 Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2006 JapanTeam
Silver medal – second place2010 JapanTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2007 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tokyo/NagoyaTeam
Silver medal – second place 2009 Tokyo/FukuokaTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place2009 Miami
Gold medal – first place2011 Ciudad Juárez
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 La Paz
Gold medal – first place 2007 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 2009 Porto Alegre
Gold medal – first place 2011 Callao
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ica
Final Four Cup
Gold medal – first place2008 Fortaleza
Last updated: 2012

Career

Fabiana started playing volleyball at the age of 13, specializing in defense - and later the libero position - due to her short height. De Oliveira was first called up to the Brazil women's national volleyball team in 2002, under coach Marco Aurélio Motta. She lost her place under his replacement, José Roberto Guimarães, and only returned to being a mainstay of the team in 2005. At the 2007 Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, de Oliveira and the Brazilian team won the silver medal.[1]

One year later, de Oliveira won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was chosen as the best libero of the tournament.[2]

At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, de Oliveira was given the "Best Receiver" award,[3] also winning the gold medal with her national team.[4]

Oliveira was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[5] She was also part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also took the 2013 South American Championship with her national team, winning the Best Libero award.[6]

Oliveira won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship, playing with Unilever Vôlei.[7]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Oliveira played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich.[8]

Oliveira decided to retire from volleyball after the 2017/2018 season of the Brazilian Superliga, when her team Sesc Rio won the silver medal. Currently Oliveira is working as a volleyball commentator.[9]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References
  1. "Brazil wins 1st gold in women's volleyball". CBC Sports. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  2. "Brazilian Women win gold in style as they drop just one set throughout Olympic Volleyball Tournament; Paula Pequeno is MVP". FIVB. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  3. NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  4. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  5. FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  6. "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  7. "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  8. "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  9. "Após deixar as quadras, Fabi reforça time de comentaristas do Grupo Globo" (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Globo. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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