Sheilla Castro

Sheilla Castro
Personal information
Full name	Sheilla Tavares de Castro
Born	(1983-07-01)1 July 1983 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Spike	315 cm (124 in)
Block	305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position	opposite
Current club	Molico/Osasco
Number	13
National team
Brazil
Honours Women's volleyball Competitor for  Brazil Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Team Gold 2012 London Team FIVB World Championship Silver 2006 Osaka Team Silver 2010 Tokyo Team FIVB World Cup Silver 2007 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix Gold 2005 Sendai Team Gold 2006 Reggio Calabria Team Gold 2008 Yokohama Team Gold 2009 Tokyo Team Gold 2013 Sapporo Team Silver 2010 Ningbo Team Silver 2011 Macau Team Silver 2012 Ningbo Team World Grand Champions Cup Gold 2005 Tokyo/Nagoya Team Silver 2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team Pan American Games Gold 2011 Guadalajara Team Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Pan-American Cup Gold 2009 Miami Team Gold 2011 Ciudad Juárez Team South American Championship Gold 2013 Ica Team Final Four Cup Gold 2008 Fortaleza Team

Sheilla Tavares de Castro (born 1 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte) is a female volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, in Beijing, China, and in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in which the Brazilian national team won the gold medal.

Career

She plays as opposite in the Brazilian national team, and in Sollys/Osasco. She made her debut for the national team against Colombia.

Castro was named Most Valuable Player at the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, and at the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan, with Brazil winning the gold medal both times.

At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, Castro was awarded with the Most Valuable Player award,^[1] also winning the gold medal with her national team.^[2]

Sheilla took part of the National Team who win the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[3]

Playing with Sollys Nestlé Osasco, Castro won the gold medal and the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer awards in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.^[4]

Castro won the Best Opposite award and the gold medal with her National Team in the 2013 South American Championship held in Ica, Peru.^[5]

Clubs

• Mackenzie Esporte Clube (1997–2000)
• MRV/Minas (2001–2004)
• Scavolini Pesaro (2004–2008)
• São Caetano/Blausiegel (2008–2010)
• Unilever/Rio de Janeiro (2010–2012)
• Sollys/Osasco (2012–2014)

Awards

Individuals

• 2005 FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2005 FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup "Best Scorer"
• 2005/06 CEV Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
• 2008/09 Brazilian Superleague "Best Scorer and Best Spiker"
• 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
• 2009/10 Brazilian Superleague "Best Spiker and Best Server"
• 2011 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2011 South American Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• 2012 Summer Olympics "Best Server"
• 2012 South American Club Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• 2012 FIVB Women's Club World Championship "Best Most Valuable Player"
• 2012 FIVB Women's Club World Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2013 South American Championship "Best Opposite"

Clubs

• 2012 FIVB Women's Club World Championship - Champion, with Sollys Nestlé Osasco

References

1. ↑ NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Retrieved 2011-07-09. 
2. ↑ Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10. 
3. ↑ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
4. ↑ FIVB (2012-10-19). "Trentino Diatec and Sollys Nestle crowned in Doha". Doha, Qatar. Retrieved 2012-10-19. 
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. 

• Brazilian Women win gold in style

External links

• FIVB Profile
• Personal website

Awards
Preceded by Paula Pequeno	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Prix 2006	Succeeded by Manon Flier
Preceded by Marianne Steinbrecher	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Prix 2009	Succeeded by Foluke Akinradewo
Preceded by Fabiana Murer	Brazilian Sportswomen of the Year 2012	Succeeded by Poliana Okimoto

v t e Brazil women's volleyball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists 1 Walewska 2 Carol 3 Mari 4 Paula Pequeno 6 Thaísa 7 Fofão 8 Valeska 9 Fabiana 10 Sassá 12 Jaqueline 13 Sheilla 14 Fabi Coach: José

v t e Brazil Women's Volleyball – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalists 1 Fabiana (C) 3 Dani Lins 4 Paula 5 Adenízia 6 Thaísa 8 Jaqueline 9 Fernandinha 11 Tandara 12 Natália 13 Sheilla 14 Fabi 16 Fe Garay Coach: José Roberto Guimarães

v t e Brazil – 2011 Pan American Games gold medal 1 Fabiana (C) 2 Juciely 3 Dani Lins 4 Paula 6 Thaísa 7 Mari 8 Jaqueline 11 Tandara 13 Sheilla 14 Fabi 16 Fe Garay 17 Fabíola Coach: José Roberto Guimarães