Ana Paula Connelly

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Ana Paula Henkel
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Ana Paula Henkel (left) in 2006
Personal information
Full nameAna Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel
Nationality Brazil and United States
Born (1972-02-13) 13 February 1972 (age 51)
Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Spike309 cm (122 in)
Block284 cm (112 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Number5
National team
1992-1998Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Olympic rings.svg
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Brazil Team
World Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Shanghai
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Shanghai
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Hong Kong
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Shanghai
CSV South American Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Porto Alegre
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Cusco

Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel (born 13 February 1972, in Lavras, Minas Gerais), more commonly known as Ana Paula, is a retired female volleyball player and journalist from Brazil who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. With Brazil women's national volleyball team, she won three World Grand Prix editions and got medals in various tournaments, including the 1996 Olympics in the United States and the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Japan. [1] On the beach, she won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2003 (alongside Sandra Pires) and 2008 (with Shelda Bede).

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Personal life

After retiring from volleyball in 2010, Paula moved to Los Angeles, California, where she majored in architecture at UCLA and is now studying to get a master's degree in political science. Noted for her conservative views, she had a column in newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and joined news station Jovem Pan. [2]

Paula has been married three times, first to basketballer Jeffty Connelly from 1994 to 1998, and then to volleyball coach Marcus Miranda, with whom she had a son. Since 2010, she has been married to attorney and retired beach volleyballer Carl Henkel. [3] [4] She was considering a fifth Olympic appearance in 2012, but retired as she was developing panic disorder and started resenting being too absent for her son. [5]

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References

  1. Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1998 – Teams Composition. - Brazil". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. Dama de ferro, Universo Online
  3. "ISTOÉ Gente Online".
  4. "Troca de alianças ao pôr do sol de Ana Paula e Carl". 9 February 2010.
  5. Síndrome do pânico fez Ana Paula desistir de sua quinta Olimpíada, Universo Online


Sporting positions
Preceded by Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner
alongside Flag of Brazil.svg Sandra Pires

2003
Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil.svg  Adriana Behar and
Shelda Bede  (BRA)
Preceded by Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner
alongside Flag of Brazil.svg Shelda Bede

2008
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by Best Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Prix

1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Blocker of
FIVB World Grand Prix

1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Inaugural
Women's FIVB World Tour "Best Server"
2005 – 2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year"
alongside Flag of Brazil.svg Shelda Bede

2008
Succeeded by