Fabiana Claudino
Personal information
Full nameFabiana Marcelino Claudino
NicknameFabizona
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 (age 39)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
HometownBelo Horizonte, Brazil
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Spike314 cm (124 in)
Block293 cm (115 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubBrazil Osasco Audax
Number1
National team
2003–2016/2018Brazil Brazil
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Italy Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2003 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Japan Team
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2004 Reggio Calabria Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Reggio Calabria Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Yokohama Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sapporo Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Ningbo Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Macau Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ningbo Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 San Juan
Gold medal – first place 2011 Ciudad Juárez
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 La Paz
Gold medal – first place 2007 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 2011 Callao
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ica
Gold medal – first place 2015 Cartagena
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cajamarca
Last updated: 1 September 2019

Fabiana Marcelino Claudino (born 24 January 1985) is a Brazilian volleyball player who made her debut for the Brazilian national team against Croatia. She captained Brazil to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Personal life

Claudino was born on 24 January 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.[1]

Early life

Claudino began playing volleyball in 2000 at Minas Tênis Clube. After one year, in 2011, she won the Junior World Championship.[2]

Career

Claudino was named Best Spiker at the 2006 World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, where Brazil claimed the gold medal for the sixth time at the annual competition. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Claudino was a part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3]

She played for Turkish professional club Fenerbahçe during the 2011–12 season.[4]

Claudino won one of the Best Middle Blockers awards during the 2013 South American Championship.[5] Her National Team won the Continental Championship qualifying to the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup and the 2014 World Championship.[6]

Claudino won the bronze medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her team defeated the Swiss club Voléro Zürich, 3–2.[7]

Claudino played with her national team,[8] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[9] when her team defeated Italy, 3–2, in the bronze medal match.

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ^ "BRA / Brazil - Player's biography". fivb.org. Retrieved 31 Oct 2013.
  2. ^ "Players - Brazil - FIVB World Grand Prix 2016".
  3. ^ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. ^ voleybolunsesi (2011-06-12). "Fenerbahçe Acıbadem'den bir transfer daha". Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  5. ^ "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  6. ^ "USA, Brazil & Thailand earn place in FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup". Lausanne, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  7. ^ "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  8. ^ "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  9. ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

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Awards Preceded by Rosir Calderón Best Spiker of FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 Succeeded by Taismary Agüero Preceded by Walewska Oliveira Best Blocker of FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 Succeeded by Foluke Akinradewo Preceded by Erika Araki Best Blocker of Olympic Games 2012 Succeeded by- Preceded by Simona Gioli Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 2013 Succeeded by Zhu Ting Preceded by Thaísa Menezes and Milena Rašić Best Middle Blocker of FIVB World Grand Prix 2014 (with Irina Fetisova) Succeeded by Juciely Barreto and Christa Harmotto
Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball - 2011-12 CEV Women's Champions League (Champions)
Brazil squads
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