Thaísa Menezes

Thaísa Daher de Menezes, also known as Thaísa Menezes or Thaísa Daher, is a professional volleyball player from Brazil. She won back-to-back gold medals at the Olympics in 2008 and 2012. She has won numerous Best Spiker and Best Blocker Awards and is often singled out as one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time.[1]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Daher and the second or paternal family name is de Menezes.
Thaísa Menezes
Personal information
Full nameThaísa Daher de Menezes
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1987-05-15) May 15, 1987
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Spike318 cm (125 in)
Block308 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubBrazil Minas Tênis Clube
Number6
National team
2005–2018, 2023Brazil Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2010 JapanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 ItalyTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2007 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 Japan Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Japan Team
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2005 SendaiTeam
Gold medal – first place2006 Reggio CalabriaTeam
Gold medal – first place2008 YokohamaTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place2016 BangkokTeam
Silver medal – second place2010 NingboTeam
Silver medal – second place2012 NingboTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2009 Miami
Gold medal – first place 2011 Ciudad Juárez
South American Championship
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
Gold medal – first place 2023 Recife

Biography

Thaísa was born in the Campo Grande district, located in the western part of Rio de Janeiro. Her father is a serviceman Domingos de Menezes and her mother Monica Daher is a descendant of immigrants from Lebanon. Until the age of 13, Thaísa was engaged in swimming, but then, following the example of her brother Tiago, she switched to volleyball.

A year later, she was accepted into the youth team of the Tizhuk club, where Julio Cugna, one of the best mentors for working with young athletes, became her coach. In 2002, Thaísa was invited to the Minas team (Belo Horizonte)- one of the strongest in Brazil, with which she won her first club level medal that same season, becoming the silver medalist of the Brazilian championship. In the same 2002 (at the age of 15), Thaísa made her debut in two teams of her country at once - youth and junior, becoming the champion of two championships of South America with them. A year later, the volleyball player became the world champion both among youth teams and among juniors.

Career

Menezes was part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Menezes won the silver medal with Sollys Osasco at the 2010 FIVB World Club Championship. She also earned the Best Spiker award.[3]

At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, Menezes was given the Best Blocker award,[4] and also won the gold medal with her national team.[5]

Menezes was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[6]

In the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, Menezes won the silver medal with her national team and the individual award of Best Blocker.[7]

Menezes was part of the national team which won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, UK.

Playing with Sollys Nestlé Osasco, Menezes won the gold medal and the Best Spiker award in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.[8]

Menezes claimed the silver medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship, playing with Molico Osasco, when her team lost 0–3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan the championship match. She was named among the championship Best Team as Best Middle Blocker.[9]

Menezes played with her national team,[10] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[11] when her team defeated Italy 3–2 in the bronze medal match.[12]

Personal life

Menezes is of partial Lebanese origin. She was previously married to Guilherme Pallesi then divorced later. She has size 14 women’s feet.

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Clubs

References
  1. ""This will be my last chance at WCH Gold"- Brazil's Thaisa". Volleymob.com.
  2. "Thaísa Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  3. FIVB. "Fenerbahce crowned Women's Club World champions". Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  4. NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  5. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  6. FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  7. FIVB (2012-07-01). "USA complete World Grand Prix title hat-trick". Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  8. "Trentino Diatec and Sollys Nestle crowned in Doha". Doha, Qatar: FIVB. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  9. "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  10. "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  11. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  12. Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  13. "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  14. Globo. "Macris é MVP, e Minas domina seleção da Superliga Feminina" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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