Nathalie Filomena de Lima Silva (born 13 April 1990) is a Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player.
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| Born | 13 April 1990 (age 34) Jacareí, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography and career
editFilomena is from Jacareí, São Paulo.[1] She was born with a plexobranchial lesion in her left arm and had impaired movement, in addition to being born with mild paralysis on that same side.[2][1] She played conventional volleyball since childhood and discovered sitting volleyball at the age of fifteen.[1] She has a degree in physical education and teaches swimming at the city hall of Suzano.[3]
Filomena was a member of the Brazilian women's sitting volleyball team at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, where she won a silver medal.[1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where the team won the bronze medal after defeating Ukraine 3-0.[4][5] At the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, she won a silver medal again after losing to the United States team 3-0.[1][6] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, the team lost to the United States in the semi-finals, but won the bronze medal after beating Canada 3-1.[1][7]
In November 2022, Filomena won the World Championship with the Brazilian national team in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, after a 3-2 victory over Canada.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Nathalie Filomena". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Nathalie Filomena". Rede do Esporte. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Jogadoras se dividem entre o vôlei sentado e profissão fora das quadras". Olimpíada Todo Dia. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Exemplo de superação, paratleta do AM estreia com Brasil no vôlei sentado". GloboEsporte.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Brasil vence Ucrânia e conquista o bronze no vôlei sentado feminino". Vermelho. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "No vôlei sentado feminino, Brasil perde a final, mas fica com a vaga em Tóquio". Rede do Esporte. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Gustavo Cunha (4 September 2021). "Vôlei sentado feminino supera o Canadá e garante a medalha de bronze". Rede do Esporte. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Brasil vence o Canadá e é campeão mundial feminino de vôlei sentado". GZH. 12 November 2022. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
External links
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- Nathalie Filomena Silva at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Nathalie Filomena Silva at the International Paralympic Committee
- Nathalie Filomena at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)