Walewska Moreira de Oliveira was a Brazilian volleyball player in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She won a bronze medal with the women's national team in Sydney, Australia, and a gold medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Walewska also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.
Fabiana "Fabi" Alvim de Oliveira is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who won the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube is a professional women's volleyball team, based in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil. Since the 2021-22 season the club plays under the name Sesc-RJ/Flamengo.
Caroline de Oliveira Saad Gattaz, better known as Carol Gattaz, is a volleyball player from Brazil. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal. Gattaz won the World Grand Prix three times in a row.
Nichole Ann Millage is a former American Paralympic volleyballist and an Environmental Sustainability Specialist at the City of Champaign.
Gabriela Braga Guimarães, nickname Gabi, is a Brazilian professional indoor volleyball player. She plays as an outside hitter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal.
Ana Carolina da Silva is a Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.
Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Roberta Silva Ratzke is a Brazilian volleyball player. She is part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal.
Rosamaria Montibeller is a Brazilian volleyball player. She usually plays as an opposite spiker and occasionally as a wing spiker. She won the silver medal while making her debut appearance at the Olympics representing Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Mozambique sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. This was the country's second time competing at a Summer Paralympic Games after making its debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Mozambique was represented by one athlete, Edmilisa Governo, a short-distance sprinter. She competed in two events, the women's 100 metres T12 competition and the women's 400 metres T12. Governo reached the semi-finals of the women's 100 metres T12 and took Mozambique's first Paralympic Games medal in the women's 400 metres T12 by placing third in the final of the competition.
Susana Schnarndorf Ribeiro is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. In 2005, after a lengthy triathlon career, at the age of 37, Schnarndorf began to experience the first symptoms of a mysterious degenerative disease that was later diagnosed as multiple system atrophy (MSA). After a break from professional athletics, Schnarndorf returned to the sports world as a swimmer and is presently a member of the Brazilian Paralympic Swimming Team.
Brazil competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all editions of the modern era from 1920 onwards, except the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Two sitting volleyball team events were held at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, one for men and one for women. They were held at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan.
Brazil competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Edmilsa Governo is a Mozambican athlete, who won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres T12 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also won a gold medal in the 200 metres T12 event at the 2015 African Games, and a bronze medal in the 400 metres T12 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.
Ana Luísa Aparecida de Souza Soares is a Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in sitting volleyball, winning a bronze medal as a member of the Brazilian team.
Aline dos Santos Rocha is a Brazilian wheelchair racer and skier, who came third at the 2021 Berlin Marathon, and won multiple medals at the 2023 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Josiane Dias de Lima is a Brazilian para-rower in sculling events. She has won various accolades in her main event, the PR2 mixed double sculls, including a bronze medal with Elton Santana at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and a gold medal with Lucas Pagani at the 2007 World Rowing Championships. Lima has competed at every Paralympic Games that has featured rowing, and won Brazil's first Olympic rowing medal with Santana. She has also competed in the women's single sculls and indoor rowing.
The 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event was the 8th edition of this tournament. For the first time, the competition was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winners secure a ticket to the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Russia were the defending champions, but couldn't defend their title due to their suspension because of the war in Ukraine. Brazil won their first title, beating Canada, 3–2, in the final.
