Fernanda Garay

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Fernanda Garay
Personal information
Full name Fernanda Garay Rodrigues
Nickname Fe Garay
Nationality Brazil
Born (1986-10-05) 5 October 1986
Porto Alegre
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Volleyball information
Position Wing spiker
Current club Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Number 16
National team
2010– Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Competitor for  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold 2012 London Team
Pan American Games
Gold 2011 Guadalajara Team
South American Championship
Gold 2013 Ica Team
Last updated: September 2013

Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (born May 10, 1986 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player of Fenerbahçe İstanbul.[1] She plays for Brazil women's national volleyball team. She was a member of the gold-medal-winning team in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] She is 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) tall.

Career

Garay is a sergeant[4] and she played at the 2011 Military World Games volleyball tournament, winning the won the gold medal[5] and the Most Valuable Player and Best Spiker individual awards.[6]

Playing with Sollys Nestlé Osasco, Garay won the gold medal in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.

Garay was awarded Best Spiker of the 2012/13 season of the Brazilian Superliga playing with Sollys/Nestlé.[7] She was announced to play for Fenerbahçe for the 2013/13 club season.[8]

She won one of the Best Outside Hitters award during the 2013 South American Championship.[9] Her National Team won the Continental Championship qualifying to the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup and the 2014 World Championship.[10]

Clubs

Awards

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ Fernanda Garay to set for Fenerbahçe
  2. ↑ "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved July 30, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Olympics-Volleyball-Brazil win women's volleyball gold medal". Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Clássicos entre Brasil e EUA abrem as competições de Vôlei no Maracanãzinho". Jornal Do Brasil (in Portuguese). 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  5. ↑ "Brazil won the first title of Military World Games". Vertex Volley. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  6. ↑ "Fernanda Garay decide futuro e é anunciada por grande clube na Turquia". Melhor do Volei (in Portuguese). 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  7. ↑ "Fernanda Garay deixa o Sollys/Nestlé". Lance!Net (in Portuguese). 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  8. ↑ "SELEÇÃO FEMININA: O bom momento de Fernanda Garay" (in Portuguese). Saquarema, Brazil: CBV. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  9. ↑ "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22. 
  10. ↑ "USA, Brazil & Thailand earn place in FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup". Lausanne, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 

11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament_South_American_qualification#Individual_awards

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