PEREIRA Natalia

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2012	London, GBR
5	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2010	Japan
3	Women	2014	Italy
7	Women	2018	Japan

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2021	Italy
2	Women	2019	People's Republic of China

World Grand Prix

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017

Grand Champions Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2017	Japan

Fiona (FIVB Media Guide, 2012)

Athlete

English, Portuguese

Dynamo Moskva [Russian Federation] since 2020/21

Yury Panchenko [club]; Jose Roberto Guimaraes [national], BRA

Wing spiker (FIVB, 04 Sep 2013)

In July 2019 she sustained a calf muscle injury in her left leg while playing for Brazil in the Nations League. The injury prevented her from competing in the 2019 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Uberlandia, Brazil. (saidaderede.blogosfera.uol.com.br, 21 Nov 2019)

She was affected by a knee problem in her right leg during 2018 and 2019. (lance.com.br, 04 Sep 2019)

In June 2011 she was diagnosed with a tumour in her left shin and required an operation to remove it. The tumour returned and she had further surgery in December 2011. She was out of competitive action for a total of 15 months. (terra.com.br, 27 Oct 2013)

Super League [RUS] (vldinamo.ru, 31 Mar 2020)

She took up volleyball at age 10 in Joacaba, Brazil. (NOC, 22 Jul 2012)

One of her high school teachers, who was also a volleyball coach, arranged for her to start training with the local team. (voleibrasil.org.br, 16 Sep 2009)

Brazil volleyball player Paula Pequeno. (voleibrasil.org.br, 29 Mar 2016)

Her parents. (voleibrasil.org.br, 29 Nov 2012)

"Every time I go on court, I enter with the right foot." (esportes.terra.com.br, 27 Oct 2013)

"Joy avoids a thousand evils and prolongs life." (voleibrasil.org.br, 29 Nov 2012)

She was named Best Spiker of the 2018/19 Brazilian Superliga. (eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr, 01 Mar 2020)

She was named 2017 Best Volleyball Player of the Year by the Brazilian Olympic Committee. (raizesdiario.com.br, 25 Feb 2018)

She was named Best Spiker of the 2017 South American Championships. (eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr, 01 Mar 2020)

While playing for Fenerbache, she was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2016/17 Turkish league. (eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr, 01 Mar 2020)

She was named MVP of the 2016 and 2017 World Grand Prix. (worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com, 11 Aug 2017; worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com, 12 Jul 2016)

She was named Best Outside Spiker at the 2015 World Grand Prix Finals in Omaha, NE, United States of America. (FIVB, 26 Jul 2015)

She was named Best Spiker of the 2009 and 2010 South American Club Championships. (eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr, 01 Mar 2020)

She was top scorer, and named Best Spiker and MVP at the 2007 U20 World Championships in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. (voleibrasil.org.br, 29 Mar 2016)

At 16 she was named MVP at the 2005 U18 World Championships in Macau, China. (fivb.org, 24 Aug 2014)