LEIRIA de CASTRO Camila

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 8 May 1982

Age: 39

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS2

Place of birth: RIO DE JANEIRO

Birth 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

Pipoca [popcorn]. (Instagram profile, 25 Jul 2021)

Husband Rammon, son Felipe, one daughter

Languages spoken:

Associacao dos Deficientes Fisicos do Estado de Goias [ADFEGO] [Goiania, BRA]

Jose Agtonio Guedes Dantas [national], BRA

Position style:

Middle blocker (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Rammon has played sitting volleyball at club level in Brazil. (razoesparaacreditar.com, 20 Sep 2016)

Other sports:

She played able-bodied club volleyball in Brazil and Portugal before her accident. (razoesparaacreditar.com, 20 Sep 2016)

She began playing volleyball at age eight. She took up sitting volleyball in 2013. (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019; razoesparaacreditar.com, 20 Sep 2016)

She played able-bodied volleyball before her accident. Her husband Rammon played sitting volleyball and introduced her to the sport. (razoesparaacreditar.com, 20 Sep 2016)

Winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I have immense honour and love for this sport and being able to bring the first medal in a Paralympic team sport for Brazil is an indescribable feeling." (razoesparaacreditar.com, 20 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
VS2 (worldparavolley.org, 16 Jul 2021)

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power, Impaired range of motion (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Impairment Details
In 2011 she was involved in a motorcycle accident. She sustained multiple fractures to her right leg and foot including a Lisfranc injury, a fracture and/or dislocation of the midfoot. She was unable to walk for a year and developed spinal pathology, which affects the nerves in her right leg. (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019; razoesparaacreditar.com, 20 Sep 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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