Bárbara Seixas

Brazilian beach volleyball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bárbara Seixas de Freitas (born 8 March 1987) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a defender.[1] In 2012, she was named FIVB top Rookie of the year.[2][3] Seixas is a three-time youth World Champion and has reached the podium in several FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournaments.[4][5] She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her teammate Liliane Maestrini,[6] and per 13 August 2013 they rank third among the women's money leaders with $108,875.[7]

FullnameBárbara Seixas de Freitas
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 38)
HometownRio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Bárbara Seixas
Personal information
Full nameBárbara Seixas de Freitas
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 38)
HometownRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Carolina Solberg Salgado
Previous teammates
Years Teammate
2012, 2014–2017 Ágatha Bednarczuk
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroBeach
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 The HagueBeach
Bronze medal – third place2013 Stare JabłonkiBeach
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónBeach
Youth World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 St. QuayBeach U19
Gold medal – first place2006 MyslowiceBeach U21
Gold medal – first place2007 ModenaBeach U21
Silver medal – second place2003 PattayaBeach U18
Silver medal – second place2004 TermoliBeach U18
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In 2015, Seixas and her partner Ágatha won a gold medal at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

Professional career

Rio de Janeiro 2016

Bárbara and her partner Ágatha beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of United States, in straight sets of (22-20), (21-18) in the semi-final match in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. They lost in the deciding match for gold against Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany.

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