Sheilla Tavares de Castro (born 1 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

) is a female volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 player from Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

, in Beijing

Beijing

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, China

China

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, in which the Brazilian national team

Brazil women's national volleyball team

The Brazil women's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Brazil. It is administrated by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol and takes part in international volleyball competitions. It is ranked first in the FIVB World Rankings as of August 2009...

 won gold medal.

Career

She plays as opposite in the Brazilian national team, and in Unilever Rio de Janeiro. She made her debut for the national team against Colombia

Colombia

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Castro was named Most Valuable Player at the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria

Reggio Calabria

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, Italy

Italy

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, and at the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan

Japan

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, with Brazil winning the gold medal both times.

At the 2011 Pan-American Cup

2011 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2011 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the tenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by twelve countries over July 1–9, 2011 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico...

, Castro was awarded with the Most Valuable Player award, also winning the gold medal with her national team.

Sheilla took part of the National Team who win the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara

Guadalajara

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, Mexico

Mexico

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Clubs

Mackenzie Esporte Clube (1997–2000) MRV/Minas

Minas Tênis Clube (Volleyball)

Minas Tênis Clube is a Brazilian volleyball team from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais; who represent the Multisport Club from the same name in the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol under the name Usiminas/Minas.-Titles:...

 (2001–2004) Scavolini Pesaro (2004–2008) São Caetano/Blausiegel (2008–2010) Unilever/Rio de Janeiro (2010–2011)

Individuals

• 2005 FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player and 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"

External links

• FIVB Profile
• Personal website