BEDNARCZUK Agatha

Previous teammates
Bruna, Andrea Teixeira, Shaylyn Bede, Fabi, Isabela Maio, Luiza Amelia, Maria Antonelli, Sandra Pires, Raquel Pellucci, Barbara Seixas, Carol Solberg. (bvbinfo.com, 28 Mar 2016; voleidepraia.com.br, 01 Dec 2019)

General
YOUNG TEAMMATE
Since 2017 she has played alongside Duda, who is 15 years younger than her. "We met in January 2017 and in our first meeting we talked about the 2020 Olympic Games. For me, she [Duda] is a wonderful rough diamond. But I often have to help her with the mental aspect. I'm somewhere between a partner and a coach, and outside the court I'm like a big sister. It has been three years of happiness together, but also hard training, pressure, and physical effort. Everything is worth it and I'm happy to play alongside Duda in her first Olympic Games." (voleidepraia.cbv.com.br, 01 Dec 2019; otempo.com.br, 07 Mar 2020; agathabr.com.br, 27 Nov 2019; olimpiadatododia.com.br, 06 Feb 2019)

HUSBAND
Her husband, Renan Rippel, who she started working with in 2010 and married in March 2013, is her physical trainer. She says he helped her during a particularly difficult time in her life. "In 2009 and 2010 some new changes took place. I went through a phase of wanting to be a defender, and they were not good years in terms of results and I played very little internationally. But, as compensation, during this time I met Renan. I could say that Renan centred my life. He brought me tranquillity and focus. He was very important to me in a very difficult moment. He helped me, not just as a trainer, but as a friend. I don't know how those years would have been if he hadn't been at my side." (agathabr.com.br, 01 Jun 2019; sportv.globo.com, 20 Mar 2013; ormnews.com.br, 08 Nov 2015; olimpiadatododia.com.br, 06 Feb 2019)