Fabiana Marcelino Claudino (born 24 January 1985) is a Brazilian volleyball player who made her debut for the Brazilian national team against Croatia. She captained Brazil to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.
Claudino was born on 24 January 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. [1]
Claudino began playing volleyball in 2000 at Minas Tênis Clube. After one year, in 2011, she won the Junior World Championship. [2]
Claudino was named Best Spiker at the 2006 World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, where Brazil claimed the gold medal for the sixth time at the annual competition. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Claudino was a part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. [3]
She played for Turkish professional club Fenerbahçe during the 2011–12 season. [4]
Claudino won one of the Best Middle Blockers awards during the 2013 South American Championship. [5] Her National Team won the Continental Championship qualifying to the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup and the 2014 World Championship. [6]
Claudino won the bronze medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her team defeated the Swiss club Voléro Zürich, 3–2. [7]
Claudino played with her national team, [8] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship [9] when her team defeated Italy, 3–2, in the bronze medal match.
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