Marianne Steinbrecher (born August 23, 1983) [1] is a Brazilian volleyball player, [2] who plays as a wing spiker [3] at Molico/Osasco. She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in which she helped her country win the gold medal.
Born in São Paulo, [2] Steinbrecher, who is of Russian and German descent, [4] started playing volleyball when she was 14 years old. [4] After playing for Rolândia/Faccar and Grêmio Londrinense, [5] she professionalized while playing for Osasco. [4] Playing for Osasco, she won the Salonpas Cup in 2001, in 2002 and in 2005, [6] the Campeonato Paulista in 2003, [4] and the Superliga in 2003–04. [6] In 2006, she left Osasco and joined Italian club Scavolini Pesaro. [4] [5] In 2008, she returned to Brazil to play for São Caetano/Blausiegel in the Copa Brasil. [7] [8] In 2010, she signed a contract with the Brazilian club Unilever Volley. She played with Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar and helped her team to win the bronze medal after defeating Puerto Rico's Lancheras de Cataño 3–0. [9]
Playing for the national team, she won the FIVB World Grand Prix in 2004, in 2006, in 2008 [4] and in 2009. In the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix, she was awarded the competition's Most Valuable Player (MVP). [10] Steinbrecher participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which her country finished in the fourth place, after being defeated by Cuba in the bronze medal match. [11] In the 2007 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal, after her country was defeated by Cuba in the final. [4] In 2008, on her birthday, in Beijing, Steinbrecher won her first gold medal in the Olympic Games, after her country beat the United States 3–1 in the gold medal match. [12]
Mari took part of the National Team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. [13]
Mariane came out when the newspaper Extra reported her and her girlfriend. [14]
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