Vivian Baella | |
Fullname: | Vivian Isabel Baella Guevara |
Nickname: | SuperVivian |
Birth Date: | August 3, 1992 |
Birth Place: | Rioja, San Martín |
Hometown: | Lima, Peru |
Height: | 173 cm[1] [2] |
Weight: | 63 kg |
Spike: | 291 cm |
Block: | 280 cm |
Position: | Wing Spiker |
Currentnumber: | 5 |
Currentclub: | Alianza Lima |
Years: | 2010–2011 2012 |
Teammates: | Grecia Herrada Sandra Chumacero |
Nationalyears: | 2008–2011 |
Nationalteam: | Peru |
Updated: | August 2012 |
Vivian Isabel Baella Guevara (born August 3, 1992 in Rioja, Peru) is a Peruvian indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player who plays for the Peru national team. Vivian gained fame after her performance in the 2008 Youth South American Volleyball Championship.
Vivian made her debut with Peru's Junior Volleyball Team in the Junior South American Volleyball Championship, she was captain of the team. She helped her country win the Bronze Medal in the tournament and Vivian was named Best Spiker.[3]
She represented Peru's Junior Volleyball Team again at the Junior South American Volleyball Championship winning the Silver Medal. Her team also won the Bronze Medal at the First Youth Olympic Games.
Vivian played with her National Junior Team at the first Junior Pan-American Cup, held in her country, Peru.[4] Her team won the Gold Medal.[5]
She also participated with her team in the 2011 Women's Junior World Championship which has held in Peru, her team finished in 6th place.
Vivian alongside teammate Grecia Herrada started playing Beach Volleyball for the 2011 season finishind third in Peru's national tournament and qualifying for the South American Beach Volleyball Championship.[6]
Vivian decided to change from indoor volleyball to beach volleyball completely, with the beginning of the first Beach Volleyball program in Peru, led by Seoul Olympics silver medallist Rosa García.[7] Vivian partnered with fellow Youth Olympics bronze medallist Sandra Chumacero for the 2012 FIVB Junior Beach Volleyball World Championship in Halifax, Canada. The Peruvian duo did not pass the first round of competition.[8]
Vivian is convened for Peru women's national volleyball team and the Peru women's national volleyball team U23. Currently plays for Volleyball Club Alianza Lima in the Peruvian League volleyball.
After being captain of Peru's Junior Team in 2008 and helping her country get back into the podium, Mauri created an Animated Series called Super Vivian that follows Vivian as the best player in the team.[9] Vivian has stated that she does not like being called Super Vivian as she sees that the comic is not at all based on reality since the animated series shows her as being the only good player in the team and "standing up" to her coach Natalia Málaga.[10]