Adriana Behar

Medal record
Competitor for  Brazil
Women's Volleyball
Olympic Games
Silver 2000 Sydney Beach Volleyball
Silver 2004 Athens Beach Volleyball
Pan American Games
Gold 1999 Winnipeg Beach Volleyball
World Championships
Gold 1999 Marseille Beach Volleyball
Gold 2001 Klagenfurt Beach Volleyball
Silver 2003 Rio de Janeiro Beach Volleyball
Bronze 1997 Los Angeles Beach Volleyball

Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro) is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation.[1]

Behar is Jewish.[2] She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the Brazilian women's national indoor volleyball squad. Pairing with Shelda Bede, she has won more than 30 international tournaments of beach volleyball as well as two Olympic medals.[3][4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Robert Wechsler, Bob Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. pg 45: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. pp. 404. ISBN 0-88125-969-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=aFkwyOIHsr8C&pg=PA45&dq=%22Adriana+Behar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl. 
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Peter S Horvitz (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. pg 198: SP Books. pp. 295. ISBN 1-56171-907-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=voCnkWSOoRsC&pg=PA198&dq=%22Adriana+KBehar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl. 
  4. ^ Robert Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. pg 206: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. pp. 404. ISBN 0-88125-969-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=aFkwyOIHsr8C&pg=PA206&dq=%22Adriana+Behar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl. 
  5. ^ Robert Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. pg 238: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. pp. 404. ISBN 0-88125-969-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=aFkwyOIHsr8C&pg=PA238&dq=%22Adriana+Behar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl. 
  6. ^ Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists. pg 224: Sussex Academic Press. pp. 268. ISBN 1-903900-87-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=tGcPDXOjxMoC&pg=PA224&dq=%22Adriana+Behar%22+jewish+sport&hl=pl. 



Sporting positions
Preceded by
 Jackie Silva
and Sandra Pires (BRA)		 Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner
alongside Shelda Bede
1997–2001		 Succeeded by
 Kerri Walsh and
Misty May-Treanor (USA)
Preceded by
 Sandra Pires
and Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)		 Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner
alongside Shelda Bede
2004		 Succeeded by
 Larissa França and
Juliana Felisberta (BRA)