Clubs
| Period | Club | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Esmoriz |  Portugal | [7] |
| 2014 | JTV Dero Zele-Berlare |  Belgium | [7] |
| 2017 | Golem Palmi |  Italy | [7] |
| 2017- | Vôlei Bauru |  Brazil | [3] |
| Tifanny Abreu | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | Rodrigo Pereira de Abreu [1] [2] October 29, 1984 |
| Hometown | Goiás, Brazil |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [2] |
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) [2] |
Tifanny Abreu (born October 29, 1984) [2] is a Brazilian volleyball player. She was the first trans woman to play in the Brazilian Women's Volleyball Superliga. [3]
Before playing in women's championships, she competed as a man for Superliga A and B in Brazil, and other championships in the leagues of Indonesia, Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. While in JTV Dero Zele-Berlare, Abreu decided to complete her gender transition. In 2017, she received permission from the International Volleyball Federation to compete in women's leagues. [3]
In 2018, Abreu ran as a candidate for the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. [4]
In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride parade, Queerty named her among the fifty heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people". [5] [6]
| Period | Club | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Esmoriz | Portugal | [7] |
| 2014 | JTV Dero Zele-Berlare | Belgium | [7] |
| 2017 | Golem Palmi | Italy | [7] |
| 2017- | Vôlei Bauru | Brazil | [3] |
She is currently married to football player Victor Emmanoel Metz. [8]
Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and model. He is the winner of several awards, including a Grande Otelo, an APCA Award, a Guarani Award, two Prêmios Qualidade Brasil, as well as the Trophée Chopard at the Cannes Festival, in addition to having received nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Awards, one Troféu Imprensa and a Phoenix Award. He is known in Brazil for his appearance on local telenovelas and internationally for his portrayal of Persian King Xerxes in the film 300 (2006) and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). Others include Brainstorm (2001), Carandiru (2003), Love Actually (2003), Che (2008), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), and Rio (2011). He also appeared on the television series Lost, portraying the character Paulo, and on HBO's Westworld (2016–2020) as Hector Escaton.
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Caroline de Oliveira Saad Gattaz, better known as Carol Gattaz, is a Brazilian volleyball player. 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.
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