de OLIVEIRA DIAS Edwarda

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 22 Apr 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: PINHAO

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : SUZANO

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Women BRA Brazil	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #02 BRA Brazil 3 CAN Canada 2	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #06 JPN Japan 0 BRA Brazil 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #09 BRA Brazil 3 ITA Italy 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Semifinals #15 BRA Brazil 0 USA United States 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Bronze Match #17 BRA Brazil 3 CAN Canada 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
5	Women	2018	Netherlands
6	Women	2014	Elblag, POL

Duda (unicentro.br, 26 Sep 2016)

Accounting - Faculty of Suzano, Brazil

Languages spoken:

SESI-SP [Suzano, BRA] since 2014

Jose Agtonio Guedes Dantas [national], BRA

Other sports:

She has competed in Para badminton at national level in Brazil. (cpb.org.br, 29 Nov 2019)

National league:

Campeonato Brasileiro [BRA] (cbvd.org.br, 23 Sep 2019)

She began playing volleyball at age 10. She took up sitting volleyball in 2013. (cbvd.org.br, 22 Jun 2018; jornalfatos.com.br, 25 Oct 2012)

She was playing standing volleyball in a local league in Parana, Brazil, when she was encouraged to try sitting volleyball. "I didn't even know what sitting volleyball was. Until then I had never seen it." (Chegando o Chiriguete Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Chegando o Chiriguete Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)

She trains for up to five hours a day. (Chegando o Chiriguete Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)

Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (unicentro.br, 26 Sep 2016)

Philosophy:

"Never put limits on your life, you are capable of much beyond the impossible. Just take the risk." (unicentro.br, 26 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 18 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (jornalfatos.com.br, 25 Oct 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (jornalfatos.com.br, 25 Oct 2012)

Impairment Details
She was born with a malformation to the lower part of her right leg. (rededoesporte.gov.br, 17 Aug 2018; jornalfatos.com.br, 25 Oct 2012)

General
SPORT CHANGE
She plans to end her sitting volleyball career after the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in order to focus on Para badminton. She has competed in the SL4 classification in the Brazilian Para badminton championship. "I will close my cycle in [sitting volleyball] in Tokyo, and then start the way to the 2024 Paralympic Games [in Paris] in Para badminton." (cpb.org.br, 29 Nov 2019; Chegando o Chiriguete Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/meioloca

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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