Adriana Samuel
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| Born | 12 April 1966 Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adriana Samuel Ramos (born 12 April 1966)[1] is a Brazilian volleyball and beach volleyball player who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering with Mônica Rodrigues.
Samuel begun her career with indoor volleyball, even becoming a part of Brazil women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 1984 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, the 1985 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, and the 1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[2] However, she left the court in 1992, moving into the beach by forming a partnership with Mônica Rodrigues.[3]
Samuel also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Sandra Pires (who had defeated Samuel in Atlanta).[1]
Personal life
[edit]Adriana's brother, Alexandre "Tande" Samuel, is also a volleyball player. He won the gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adriana Samuel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Team Roster – Brazil". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Adriana Samuel" (in Portuguese). Adrianasamuel.com.br. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
External links
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- Adriana Samuel Ramos at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Adriana Samuel Ramos at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Adriana Samuel Ramos at Olympics.com
- Adriana Samuel Ramos at Olympic.org (archived)
- Adriana Samuel at Olympedia
- Adriana Samuel at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
- 1966 births
- People from Resende
- Brazilian people of English descent
- Brazilian women's volleyball players
- Brazilian women's beach volleyball players
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in beach volleyball
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- World Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 1993 World Games