Fabiana Claudino

Fabiana Claudino
Personal information
Full name Fabiana Marcelino Claudino
Nickname Fabizona
Nationality Brazil
Born 24 January 1985
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Spike 314 cm (124 in)
Block 294 cm (116 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Current club SESI-SP
Number 1
National team
2003- Brazil
Last updated: 13 October 2014
Fabiana Claudino
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Competitor for  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing Team
Gold 2012 London Team
World Championship
Silver 2006 Japan Team
Silver 2010 Japan Team
Bronze 2014 Italy Team
World Cup
Silver 2003 Japan Team
Silver 2007 Japan Team
World Grand Prix
Gold 2004 Reggio Calabria Team
Gold 2006 Reggio Calabria Team
Gold 2008 Yokohama Team
Gold 2009 Tokyo Team
Gold 2013 Sapporo Team
Gold 2014 Tokyo Team
Silver 2010 Ningbo Team
Silver 2011 Macau Team
Silver 2012 Ningbo Team
Pan American Games
Gold 2011 Guadalajara Team
Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold 2006 San Juan Team
Gold 2011 Ciudad Juárez Team

Fabiana Marcelino Claudino (born 24 January 1985) is a female volleyball player from Brazil, who made her debut for the Brazilian national team against Croatia. She captained Brazil to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Personal life

Claudino was born on the 24th of January 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Her favorite food is Lasagna and she enjoys Samba music.[1]

Career

Claudino was named Best Spiker at the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, where Brazil claimed the gold medal for the sixth time at the annual competition. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Fabiana took part of the National Team who win the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[2]

She played for Turkish professional club Fenerbahçe during the 2011–12 season.[3]

Claudino won one of the Best Middle Blockers award during the 2013 South American Championship.[4] Her National Team won the Continental Championship qualifying to the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup and the 2014 World Championship.[5]

Claudino won the bronze medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her team defeated 3-2 the Swiss club Voléro Zürich.[6]

Claudino played with her national team,[7] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[8] when her team defeated Italy 3-2 in the bronze medal match.[9]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "BRA / Brazil - Player's biography". fivb.org. Retrieved 31 Oct 2013.
  2. ↑ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  3. ↑ voleybolunsesi (2011-06-12). "Fenerbahçe Acıbadem’den bir transfer daha". Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  4. ↑ "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  5. ↑ "USA, Brazil & Thailand earn place in FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup". Lausanne, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  7. ↑ "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese) (Milan, Italy). Retrieved 12 October 2014.

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Awards
Preceded by
Japan Erika Araki		 2012 Summer Olympics Best Blocker
2012 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Cuba Rosir Calderón		 World Grand Prix Best Spiker
2006 		Succeeded by
Italy Taismary Agüero