Caroline de Oliveira Saad Gattaz, better known as Carol Gattaz (born July 27, 1981), is a volleyball player from Brazil. [1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal. [2] Gattaz won the World Grand Prix three times in a row. [1] [3]
Gattaz was born in São José do Rio Preto. [1] Before playing volleyball, as a teenager, Gattaz played futsal, defending her city's club América-SP, where she played as a striker. Still in high school, she started playing volleyball. [4]
Gattaz, who plays as a middle blocker, [5] started her career defending São Caetano, then moved to Rexona-Ades in 2000. [6] After leaving Rexona-Ades in 2001, she played for several clubs, before joining Finasa/Osasco in 2004, when she won the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol, she left the club after the 2006–2007 season. [7] In 2007, she moved to Italy, where she played for Monte Schiavo, returning in the following season to Brazil, to defend Rexona-Ades again. [6] In 2011-2012 she played for Volei Futuro from Brazil.
Defending the national team, she won the South American Women's Volleyball Championship in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 [3] and the World Grand Prix in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. [1] [3] [8]
She is openly lesbian. [9]
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