Natália Zilio Pereira (born 4 April 1989) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who won the gold medal with the Brazilian national volleyball team in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Natália Pereira
Personal information
Full nameNatália Zilio Pereira
Born (1989-04-04) April 4, 1989 (age 35)
Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Spike311 cm (122 in)
Block295 cm (116 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubRussia Dynamo Moscow
Number12
National team
2005–2021Brazil Brazil

Career

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Pereira was part of the Brazilian team who won the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Pereira played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich.[3] She won the Most Valuable Player award and the gold medal of the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix.[4] One year later, she won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix gold medal and the Most Valuable Player and Best Outside Spiker individual awards.[5] Pereira won the 2017 South American Championship Best Outside Spiker.[6]

Clubs

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Awards

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Individuals

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Clubs

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  2. ^ "Brazil wins women's volleyball gold". ESPN. AP. 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  3. ^ "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  6. ^ "Brasil suma su 20º título y clasifica al Mundial de Japón en el sudamericano de Cali" (in Spanish). CSV. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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Awards
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Prix

2015
ex aequo   Kelsey Robinson
2017
ex aequo   Zhu Ting
Succeeded by
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Prix

2016
2017
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
Montreux Volley Masters

2017
ex aequo   Yamila Nizetich
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
South American Championship

2017
ex aequo   Ángela Leyva
Succeeded by