Milka Silva
Appearance
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Full name | Milka Marcília Medeiros Silva | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Gameleira, Bahia, Brazil | 18 July 1994||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spike | 307 cm (121 in) | ||||||||||||||
Block | 291 cm (115 in) | ||||||||||||||
Volleyball information | |||||||||||||||
Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||
Current club | Sesc-RJ | ||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Milka Marcília Medeiros Silva (born 18 July 1994) is a Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.[1]
Career
[edit]She participated at the 2013 FIVB U20 World Championship, 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship,[2] and 2019 FIVB Nations League.[3]
Clubs
[edit]- Osasco/Audax (2012–2013)
- São Caetano (2013–2015)
- São Bernado Vôlei (2015–2016)
- EC Pinheiros (2016–2018)
- Hinode Barueri (2018–2019)
- SESC-RJ (2019–)
Personal life
[edit]Milka is openly lesbian and is married with the Argentine volleyball player Emilce Sosa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nations League bio". Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Team Roster - Brazil - FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship 2015". 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Team Roster - Brazil - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Canossa, Carolina (28 June 2018). "Dia do Orgulho LGBTI: jogadoras falam como o vôlei as levou ao casamento" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Infobae. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
External links
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