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Full name | Valeska dos Santos Menezes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Niteroi, Brazil | 23 April 1976||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 302 cm (119 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 290 cm (110 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Curitiba Vôlei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valeska dos Santos Menezes (born 23 April 1976 in Niteroi; nicknamed Valeskinha) is a volleyball player from Brazil.
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