Jaqueline Carvalho

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Jaqueline Carvalho
Personal information
Full name Jaqueline Maria Pereira de Carvalho Endres
Nickname Jaque
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1983-12-31) 31 December 1983
Recife
Hometown São Paulo
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Spike 310 cm (120 in)
Block 301 cm (119 in)
Volleyball information
Position Wing spiker
Current club Brazil Molico/Osasco
Number 8
National team
1999– Brazil Brazil
Last updated: October 2011

Jaqueline ("Jaque") Maria Pereira de Carvalho Endres (born 31 December 1983 in Recife) is a female volleyball player from Brazil. She is a 2 time Olympic champion, winning in 2008 and 2012.

Career

Carvalho was named Best Receiver at the 2006 World Championship in Japan, where Brazil claimed the silver medal after a loss in the final against Russia.

She won the silver medal and Best Spiker award at the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix.[1]

Jaqueline was part of the National Team that won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[2]

Jaqueline and Brazil's national team won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3]

Playing with Sollys Nestle, Carvalho won the gold medal and the Best Receiver award in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.[4]

She started her career with Rexona/Ades, before moving to Italy with Pieralisi Jesi. After a season she moved to Spain to play for Murcia, before returning to Italy with Scavolini Pesaro.[5]

Awards

Individuals

  • 2006 World Championship "Best Receiver"
  • 2009 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship "Most Valuable Player"
  • 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Spiker"
  • 2011 South American Club Championship "Most Valuable Player"
  • 2011 South American Club Championship "Best Server"
  • 2012 South American Club Championship "Best Server"
  • 2012 FIVB Women's Club World Championship "Best Receiver"

Clubs

Personal life

On October 22, 2009, she married her longtime boyfriend Murilo Endres who is also a Brazilian volleyball player.[6] In the spring of 2011 she had a miscarriage.[7]

References

  1. FIVB. "USA claim third FIVB World Grand Prix title with perfect record". Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  2. FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  3. FIVB Brazil win second consecutive title, USA and Japan complete Olympic podium. August 11, 2012
  4. "Trentino Diatec and Sollys Nestle crowned in Doha". Doha, Qatar: FIVB. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2 April 2013. 
  5. Fabio Casu (16 January 2009). "Jaqueline Carvalho, volley e bellezza". Sport Live (in Italian). Banzai Media. Retrieved 2 April 2013. 
  6. Jaqueline married to Volleyball. October 30, 2010
  7. Jaqueline suffers miscarriage. May 14, 2011

External links

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