Bárbara Seixas de Freitas (born 8 March 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a defender.[1] In 2012, she was named FIVB top Rookie of the year.[2][3] Seixas is a three-time youth World Champion and has reached the podium in several FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournaments.[4][5] She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her teammate Liliane Maestrini,[6] and per 13 August 2013 they rank third among the women's money leaders with $108,875.[7]
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| Full name | Bárbara Seixas de Freitas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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In 2015, Seixas and her partner Ágatha Bednarczuk won a gold medal at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships.
Professional career
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Bárbara and her partner Ágatha beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of United States, in straight sets of (22-20), (21-18) in the semi-final match in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. They lost in the deciding match for gold against Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany.
References
External links
- Barbara Seixas de Freitas at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Bárbara Seixas at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Bárbara Seixas de Freitas at Olympics.com
- Bárbara Seixas de Freitas at Olympic.org (archived)
- Bárbara Seixas at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Bárbara at Olympedia
- Bárbara Figueiredo Seixas blog
