Walewska Oliveira

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Moreira and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira.
Walewska Oliveira

On the podium at the 2007 Pan American Games after winning silver
Personal information
Birth name Walewska Moreira de Oliveira
Born 1 October 1979
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Walewska Moreira de Oliveira (born 1 October 1979 in Belo Horizonte) is a female volleyball player who has competed for Brazil in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She won a bronze medal with the women's national team in Sydney, Australia, and a gold medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.[1] Walewska also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

Individual awards

References

Awards
Preceded by
Poland Eleonora Dziękiewicz
Best Blocker of
FIVB World Grand Prix

2008
Succeeded by
Brazil Fabiana Claudino
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