Ana Carolina da Silva
Silva in 2022
Personal information
Full nameAna Carolina da Silva
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1991-04-08) April 8, 1991
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Spike316 cm (124 in)
Block309 cm (122 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle-Blocker
Current clubBrazil Dentil/Praia Clube
Number15
Career
YearsTeams
2005–10Brazil Mackenzie/Newton Paiva
2010–11Brazil Pinheiros/Mackenzie
2011–12Brazil Unilever Vôlei
2012–13Brazil EC Pinheiros
2013–17Brazil Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube
2017–18Turkey Nilüfer Belediyespor
2018–Brazil Dentil/Praia Clube
National team
2014–Brazil Brazil
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2022 Netherlands/PolandTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 ItalyTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 Japan Team
Nations League
Silver medal – second place2019 NanjingTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 RiminiTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 AnkaraTeam
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place2017 NanjingTeam
Bronze medal – third place2015 OmahaTeam
Montreux Volley Masters
Gold medal – first place 2017 SwitzerlandTeam
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Cartagena
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cali
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cajamarca
Gold medal – first place 2021 Barrancabermeja
Gold medal – first place 2023 Recife

Ana Carolina da Silva (born 8 April 1991) is a Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.[1]

Career

Da Silva won the silver medal and the Best Middle Blocker award at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Unilever Vôlei.[2] Da Silva played with her national team,[3] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[4] when her team defeated Italy 3–2 in the bronze medal match.[5]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, da Silva played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich,[6] Nonetheless, she won the tournament's Best Blocker award along with the Croatian Maja Poljak.[7] She averaged 1.07 stuff blocks per set, just behind Poljak who blocked 1.19.[8]

She won the 2017 South American Championship Best Middle Blocker award.[9] and later the 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup Best Middle Blocker award.[10]

Awards

Individuals

In teams

In Brazil's national team

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "Carol" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Eczacibasi from the top of Europe to the top of the world". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Repeat awards for Carol and Fabiola at Zurich 2015". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Brasil suma su 20º título y clasifica al Mundial de Japón en el sudamericano de Cali" (in Spanish). CSV. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "China clinch second FIVB World Grand Champions Cup title". Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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