Wélissa Gonzaga
| Welissa Gonzaga | |||
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 Sassá in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Welissa de Souza Gonzaga | ||
| Nickname | Sassá | ||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||
| Born | 9 September 1982 Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Spike | 300 cm (118 in) | ||
| Block | 287 cm (113 in) | ||
| Volleyball information | |||
| Position | Outside spiker / Libero | ||
| National team | |||
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Honours | |||
Wélissa de Souza Gonzaga, (born 9 September 1982), best known as Sassá, is a Brazilian volleyball player. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Clubs
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Vasco da Gama (2000–2001)- Rexona-Ades (2001–2008)
- Finasa/Osasco (2008–2009)
- Sollys/Osasco (2009–2011)
- SESI-SP (2011–2013)
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza (2013–2014)- Praia Clube Uberlândia (2014–2015)
- Brasília Vôlei (2015–2016)
- Fluminense FC (2016–2019)
- Itajaí Vôlei (2020)
- Curitiba Vôlei (2020–2021)
- Moda Brusque (2021–2023)
Athletes Unlimited Volleyball (2023)- Mackenzie Esporte Clube (2023–)
Awards
[edit]Individuals
[edit]- 2004–05 Salonpas Cup – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2004–05 Salonpas Cup – "Best Server"
- 2004–05 Salonpas Cup – "Best Receiver"
- 2005 South American Championship – "Best Receiver"
- 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – "Best Server"
- 2005–06 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Receiver"
- 2006–07 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Server"
- 2009 South American Club Championship – "Best Receiver"
- 2010 South American Club Championship – "Best Server"
- 2011–12 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Digger"
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Wélissa Gonzaga at the International Volleyball Federation
- Wélissa Gonzaga at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Wélissa Gonzaga at Olympics.com
- Wélissa Gonzaga at Olympic.org (archived)
- Sassá at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
- Sassá at Olympedia
Media related to Wélissa Gonzaga at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Barbacena
- Brazilian women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
- Olympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Wing spikers
- Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Minas Gerais
- 21st-century Brazilian women
- Outside hitters
- Liberos
- Brazilian Olympic medalist stubs
- Brazilian volleyball biography stubs