Gabriela Guimarães
Guimarães in 2022
Personal information
Full nameGabriela Braga Guimarães
NicknameGabi
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1994-05-19) 19 May 1994
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block289 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubTurkey VakıfBank Istanbul
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2009–2011
2011–2018
2018–2019
2019–		Brazil Mackenzie Esporte Clube
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Brazil Minas Tênis Clube
Turkey Vakifbank Istanbul
National team
2012 –Brazil Brazil
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2022 Poland/NetherlandsTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 ItalyTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 Japan Team
Nations League
Silver medal – second place2019 NanjingTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 RiminiTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 AnkaraTeam
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2013 SapporoTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place2016 BangkokTeam
Bronze medal – third place2015 OmahaTeam
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 IcaTeam
Gold medal – first place 2015 CartagenaTeam
Gold medal – first place 2021 BarrancabermejaTeam
Gold medal – first place 2023 RecifeTeam
Last updated: 25 June 2021

Gabriela Braga Guimarães, nickname Gabi,[1] (; born 19 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional indoor volleyball player.[2] She plays as an outside spiker.[3] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal.[4]

Career

Guimarães played with her national team,[5] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[6] when her team defeated Italy 3–2 in the bronze medal match.[7]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Guimarães played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich.[8] She helped her national team to win the 2015 South American Championship gold medal[9] and she was also awarded Most Valuable Player and Best Outside Hitter.[10]

She led her national team as captain[11] to the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League where they won the silver medal.[12]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "FIVB - Rio 2016 - Gabriela Braga Guimaraes". Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "WorldofVolley :: Gabriela Braga Guimaraes". worldofvolley.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gabriela Braga Guimaraes - Volleyball - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Volleyball BRAGA GUIMARAES Gabriela - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Brasil vence o Peru e conquista o Sul-Americano de vôlei pela 19ª vez" [Brazil beats Peru and conquer the South American volleyball for the 19th time] (in Portuguese). Terra. Lance!. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Sudamericano F: I premi individuali. Gabi MVP" [South American Female Championship: The individual awards. Gabi MVP] (in Italian). volleyball.it. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  11. ↑ volleyballworld.com. "Gabi looking forward to helping Brazil in VNL Week 2". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  12. ↑ volleyballworld.com. "Italy sweep Brazil to triumph as first-time VNL champs". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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