Ana Paula Connelly

Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly (now called Ana Paula Rodrigues Henkel) (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a female beach volleyball and volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. At her second Olympic appearance she was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's competition. She later started a career in beach volleyball. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.^[1]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor (USA)	Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Sandra Pires 2003	Succeeded by Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)
Preceded by Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta (BRA)	Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Shelda Bede 2008	Succeeded by Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta (BRA)
Awards
Preceded by Ana Fernández	Best Spiker of FIVB World Grand Prix 1998	Succeeded by Elizaveta Tichtchenko
Preceded by Li Yan	Best Blocker of FIVB World Grand Prix 1998	Succeeded by Yelena Godina
Preceded by Inaugural	Women's FIVB World Tour "Best Server" 2005 – 2007	Succeeded by Maria Clara Salgado (BRA)
Preceded by Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA)	Women's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Shelda Bede 2008	Succeeded by Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA)

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