Edwarda Dias

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Edwarda Dias
Personal information
Born22 April 1999 (1999-04-22) (age 25)
Suzano, Brazil
Honours
Women's sitting volleyball
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio Team competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team competition
Para-badminton
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Parapan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Santiago Women's singles SL4

Edwarda de Oliveira Dias (born 22 April 1999) is a Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player. She won the bronze medal playing for the Brazilian Women's National Team in sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. [1] It was the first medal of Brazil in sitting volleyball at the Paralympics. [2]

After the success in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, Dias represented Brazil at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo playing as a striker, setter, central, midfielder, and winger in the national sitting volleyball team. [3] At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the Brazilian Women's National Team in sitting volleyball, where Dias was one of the key players, won the bronze medal again, following their win over Canada 3–1 at Makuhari Messe Hall. [4]

In February 2022, Dias along with other members of the Brazilian women's sitting volleyball team is trained at the Paralympic Training Center in São Paulo to prepare for the Paris 2024 cycle. [5]

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References

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  2. "Brasil conquista sua primeira medalha no volei sentado em Paralimpíada". SuperFC (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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  5. "Seleções femininas de vôlei sentado principal e de base se reúnem para 1ª semana de treino no CT Paralímpico no ano". Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.