Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Larissa and Juliana


Juliana Felisberta Silva (born July 22, 1983 in Santos, Brazil) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany and the 2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stavanger, Norway, partnering Larissa França. At the 2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships they won the gold medal.
Larissa Franca (born, April 14, 1982) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, which acts as the defender and attacker. Beside her partner Juliana, won their titles at World Tour Beach Volleyball, gold medal in the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro 2007 and World Championship Beach Volleyball 2011.

Emanuel and Alison

Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego (born April 15, 1973 in Curitiba) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, partnering Ricardo Santos. He famously offered his medal to his compatriot Vanderlei de Lima – who won a bronze in the men's marathon after being attacked by Cornelius Horan – a year later, though it was politely declined.
Alison Conte Cerutti (born December 7, 1986) is a beach volleyball player from Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Along with Emanuel Rego he won the Swatch FIVB World Tour Prague in 2011.

Monday, July 25, 2011

2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships

The 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships was a beach volleyball event, that was held from June 13 to 19, 2011 in Rome, Italy. The Swatch FIVB World Championships are organized every two years, and Italy hosted the event for the first time. 48 teams per gender entered the competition making 96 total
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Medal events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's event  Emanuel Rego
and Alison Cerutti (BRA)
 Márcio Araújo
and Ricardo Santos (BRA)
 Julius Brink
and Jonas Reckermann (GER)
Women's event  Larissa França
and Juliana Felisberta (BRA)
 Misty May-Treanor
and Kerri Walsh (USA)
 Xue Chen
and Zhang Xi (CHN)