Marianne Steinbrecher Explained

Marianne Steinbrecher
Fullname:Marianne Steinbrecher
Nickname:Mari
Birth Date:August 23, 1983
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Height:1.88 m
Position:Outside spiker
Spike:320 cm
Block:308 cm
Currentclub:Retired
Years1:1996–1999
Team1:Rolândia/Faccar
Years2:1999–2000
Years3:2000–2003
Team3:BCN/Osasco
Years4:2003–2005
Team4:Finasa/Osasco
Years5:2006–2008
Team5:Scavolini Pesaro
Years6:2008–2010
Team6:São Caetano/Blausiegel
Years7:2010–2012
Team7:Unilever Volley
Years8:2012–2013
Team8:Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Years9:2013–2014
Team9:Praia Clube
Years10:2014–2015
Team10:Molico/Nestlé Osasco
Years11:2015–2016
Team11:Jakarta Pertamina Energi
Years12:2016–2017
Team12:Vôlei Bauru
Years13:2020-2021
Team13:Fluminense
Nationalyears:2004–2012

Marianne Steinbrecher (born August 23, 1983)[1] is a Brazilian volleyball player, who plays as a wing spiker[2] at Molico/Osasco. She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in which she helped her country win the gold medal.

Life and career

Born in São Paulo,[3] Steinbrecher, who is of Russian and German descent,[4] started playing volleyball when she was 14 years old.[4] After playing for Rolândia/Faccar and Grêmio Londrinense,[5] she professionalized while playing for Osasco.[4] Playing for Osasco, she won the Salonpas Cup in 2001, in 2002 and in 2005,[6] the Campeonato Paulista in 2003,[4] and the Superliga in 2003–04.[6] In 2006, she left Osasco and joined Italian club Scavolini Pesaro.[4] [5] In 2008, she returned to Brazil to play for São Caetano/Blausiegel in the Copa Brasil.[7] [8] In 2010, she signed a contract with the Brazilian club Unilever Volley. She played with Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar and helped her team to win the bronze medal after defeating Puerto Rico's Lancheras de Cataño 3–0.[9]

National team

Playing for the national team, she won the FIVB World Grand Prix in 2004, in 2006, in 2008[4] and in 2009. In the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix, she was awarded the competition's Most Valuable Player (MVP).[10] Steinbrecher participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which her country finished in the fourth place, after being defeated by Cuba in the bronze medal match.[11] In the 2007 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal, after her country was defeated by Cuba in the final.[4] In 2008, on her birthday, in Beijing, Steinbrecher won her first gold medal in the Olympic Games, after her country beat the United States 3–1 in the gold medal match.[12]

Mari took part of the National Team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[13]

Personal life

Mariane came out when the newspaper Extra reported her and her girlfriend.[14]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marianne Steinbrecher . 2008-09-06 . Yahoo.
  2. Web site: Women's Particip . 2008-09-06 . Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
  3. Web site: A história do voleibol nos Jogos Pan-Americanos // Perfis da Seleção Feminina e do técnico Zé Roberto . 2008-09-06 . 2008-07-13 . . Portuguese . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004233439/http://www.cbv.com.br/newcbv/noticias/noticia.asp?IdNot=8013 . October 4, 2009 . dead . mdy-all.
  4. Web site: Mari . 2008-08-23 . 2008-08-23 . UOL . Portuguese.
  5. Web site: Marianne Steinbrecher . 2008-09-06 . Scavolini Pesaro . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804170542/http://www.robursportpesaro.it/CMDirector.aspx?ID=5596 . August 4, 2008 . mdy-all.
  6. Web site: Títulos . 2008-08-23 . Marianne Steinbrecher's official website . Portuguese . https://web.archive.org/web/20080730054822/http://www.mariannesteinbrecher.com.br/01/38/392/lwb/titulos.html . 2008-07-30.
  7. Web site: Reforço do São Caetano/Blausiegel, Mari crê em sucesso na temporada . 2008-09-06 . 2008-07-16 . Planeta Volei . Portuguese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080809101508/http://www.planetavolei.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18421&Itemid=81 . August 9, 2008 . mdy-all.
  8. Web site: São Caetano conta com Fofão, Mari e Sheilla . 2008-09-06 . 2008-09-04 . iG . Portuguese.
  9. Web site: Fenerbahce defeat Lancheras for women's bronze medal . Doha, Qatar . FIVB . 2012-10-19 . 2012-10-19.
  10. Web site: Modelo de superação . 2008-08-23 . 2008-07-20 . . Portuguese.
  11. Web site: Sonho de ouro vira pesadelo para o Brasil . 2008-08-23 . UOL . Portuguese.
  12. Web site: Brasil vence os EUA na final e conquista glória máxima no vôlei feminino . 2008-08-23 . 2008-08-23 . UOL . Portuguese.
  13. Web site: Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal . FIVB . 2011-10-20 . 2011-10-20.
  14. Web site: De férias, jogadora de vôlei Mari curte viagem à Itália com a namorada . 2017-12-06 . 2017-05-17 . Extra . Portuguese.