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| Full name | Vivian Isabel Baella Guevara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | SuperVivian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 3, 1992 Rioja, San Martín |
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| Hometown | Lima, Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (140 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 291 cm (115 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 280 cm (110 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside Hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Regatas Lima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008 - | Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: December 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vivian Isabel Baella Guevara (born August 3, 1992 in Rioja, Peru) is a Peruvian indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player who plays for the Peru national team. Vivian gained fame after her performance in the 2008 Junior South American Volleyball Championship.
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Vivian made her debut with Peru's Junior Volleyball Team in the Junior South American Volleyball Championship, she was captain of the team. She helped her country win the Bronze Medal in the tournament and Vivian was named Best Spiker.[1]
She represented Peru's Junior Volleyball Team again at the Junior South American Volleyball Championship winning the Silver Medal. Her team also won the Bronze Medal at the First Youth Olympic Games.
Brenda played with her National Junior Team at the first Junior Pan-American Cup, held in her country, Peru.[2] Her team won the Gold Medal.[3]
She also participated with her team in the 2011 Women's Junior World Championship which has held in Peru, her team finished in 6th place.
Vivian alongside teammate Grecia Herrada started playing Beach Volleyball for the 2011 season finishind third in Peru's national tournament and qualifying for the South American Beach Volleyball Championship.[4]
After being captain of Peru's Junior Team in 2008 and helping her country get back into the podium, a group of fans created an Animated Series called Super Vivian that follows Vivian as the best player in the team.[5] Vivian has stated that she does not like being called Super Vivian as she sees that the comic is not at all based on reality since the animated series shows her as being the only good player in the team and "standing up" to her coach Natalia Málaga.[6]