Edwarda Dias Explained
Edwarda Dias |
Birth Place: | Suzano, Brazil |
Edwarda de Oliveira Dias (born 22 April 1999) is a Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player. She won the bronze medal playing for the Brazilian Women's National Team in sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1] It was the first medal of Brazil in sitting volleyball at the Paralympics.[2]
After the success in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, Dias represented Brazil at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo playing as a striker, setter, central, midfielder, and winger in the national sitting volleyball team.[3] At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the Brazilian Women's National Team in sitting volleyball, where Dias was one of the key players, won the bronze medal again, following their win over Canada 3–1 at Makuhari Messe Hall.[4]
In February 2022, Dias along with other members of the Brazilian women's sitting volleyball team is trained at the Paralympic Training Center in São Paulo to prepare for the Paris 2024 cycle.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Edwarda de Oliveira Dias, Sitting volleyball. 18 February 2022. www.paralympic.org.
- Web site: 2016-09-17. Brasil conquista sua primeira medalha no volei sentado em Paralimpíada. 2022-02-18. SuperFC. pt-BR. 8 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211008191604/https://www.otempo.com.br/superfc-antigo/brasil-conquista-sua-primeira-medalha-no-volei-sentado-em-paralimpiada-1.1373303. dead.
- Web site: Pinheiro. Giovana. 2021-08-26. Edwarda Dias é a emoção do vôlei sentado feminino na Paralimpíada. 2022-02-18. Olimpíada Todo Dia. pt-BR.
- Web site: 2021-09-10. Edwarda lets the inner child out to win another bronze > World ParaVolley. 2022-02-18. World ParaVolley. en-GB.
- Web site: Seleções femininas de vôlei sentado principal e de base se reúnem para 1ª semana de treino no CT Paralímpico no ano. 2022-02-18. Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro. pt-br. 19 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319120402/https://www.cpb.org.br/noticia/detalhe/3865/selecoes-femininas-de-volei-sentado-principal-e-de-base-se-reunem-para-1a-semana-de-treino-no-ct-paralimpico-no-ano. dead.