Laiana Batista

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodriguesand the second or paternal family name is Batista.

Laiana Batista
Personal information
Full name	Laiana Rodrigues Batista
Born	8 May 1982 (1982-05-08) (age 42) Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Medal record Women's sitting volleyball Representing   Brazil Paralympic Games 2016 Rio Team 2020 Tokyo Team Parapan American Games 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima Team

Laiana Rodrigues Batista (born 8 May 1982) is a Brazilian sitting volleyball player. ^[1]

Biography and career

Batista is from Manaus, Amazonas. She was already a conventional volleyball player when, at the age of eighteen, she had hemorrhagic dengue fever and the manifestation of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Her legs were paralyzed and her right foot fell off. She discovered the Paralympic sport fifteen years later, at the age of 33. ^[1]

Batista was a member of the Brazilian women's sitting volleyball Team at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, where she won a silver medal. ^[1] She made her Paralympic debut at Rio 2016, where the team won the bronze medal after defeating Ukraine 3 sets to 0. ^{[2] [3]} At the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, they again won the silver medal after losing to the United States team by 3 sets to 0. ^{[1] [4]} At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, the team lost to the United States in the semi-finals, but won the bronze medal after beating Canada by 3 sets to 1. ^{[1] [5]}

References

1. "Laiana Rodrigues Batista". Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro . Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
2. "Exemplo de superação, paratleta do AM estreia com Brasil no vôlei sentado". GloboEsporte.com . Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
3. "Brasil vence Ucrânia e conquista o bronze no vôlei sentado feminino". Vermelho. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
4. "No vôlei sentado feminino, Brasil perde a final, mas fica com a vaga em Tóquio". Rede do Esporte. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
5. Gustavo Cunha (4 September 2021). "Vôlei sentado feminino supera o Canadá e garante a medalha de bronze". Rede do Esporte. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

External links

• Laiana Rodrigues Batista at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)
• Laiana Rodrigues Batista at the International Paralympic Committee
• Laiana Rodrigues Batista at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)