Sheilla Castro

Sheilla Tavares de Castro (born 1 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte) is a volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, China, and in the 2012 Summer Olympics. On both occasions the Brazilian national team won the gold medal. She also played the 2016 Summer Olympics, when Brazil placed fifth.

Sheilla Castro
Personal information
Full nameSheilla Tavares de Castro Blassioli
NationalityBrazil
Born (1983-07-01) 1 July 1983
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite Spiker
Number13
National team
　2001 –Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingTeam
2012 LondonTeam
FIVB World Championship
2006 JapanTeam
2010 JapanTeam
2014 ItalyTeam
FIVB World Cup
2007 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
2005 Tokyo/NagoyaTeam
2013 Tokyo/NagoyaTeam
2009 Tokyo/FukuokaTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
2005 SendaiTeam
2006 Reggio CalabriaTeam
2008 YokohamaTeam
2009 TokyoTeam
2013 SapporoTeam
2014 TokyoTeam
2016 BangkokTeam
2010 NingboTeam
2011 MacauTeam
2012 NingboTeam
Pan American Games
2011 GuadalajaraTeam
2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Pan-American Cup
2006 Puerto Rico
2009 Miami
2011 Ciudad Juárez
2007 Mexico
2008 Mexico
2005 Dominican Republic
South American Championship
2005 La Paz
2007 Santiago
2009 Porto Alegre
2011 Lima
2013 Ica
2015 Cartagena
2019 Cajamarca
Final Four Cup
2008 Fortaleza
2009 Lima
Montreux Volley Masters
2005 Switzerland
2006 Switzerland
2009 Switzerland

Career

She plays as opposite in the Brazilian national team, and in Molico/Osasco. She made her debut for the national team against Colombia.

Castro was named "Most Valuable Player" at the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, and at the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan, with Brazil winning the gold medal both times. At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, Castro was given the "Most Valuable Player" award,[1] also winning the gold medal with her national team.[2]

Sheilla was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3]

Playing with Sollys Nestlé Osasco, Castro won the gold medal and the "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Scorer" awards in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.[4]

Castro won the "Best Opposite" award and the gold medal with her National Team in the 2013 South American Championship held in Ica, Peru.[5] Castro won the silver medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her club lost 0–3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the championship match.[6]

Castro played with her national team,[7] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[8] when her team defeated Italy 3–2 in the bronze medal match.[9] She won the Best Opposite Spiker in the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix.[10]

After finishig the 2016 Olympic Games in 5th place, Castro announced her retirement from the national team.[11] In 2019, without playing for three years even for clubs, she decided to return to the national team and played the 2019 FIVB World Cup and the 2019 South American Championship.[12][13]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References
  1. NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  2. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  3. FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. FIVB (2012-10-19). "Trentino Diatec and Sollys Nestle crowned in Doha". Doha, Qatar. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  5. "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  6. "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  7. "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  8. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  9. Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  10. "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  11. "Sheilla e Fabiana anunciam aposentadoria da seleção" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  12. "Seleção feminina bate Colômbia e leva Sul-Americano de Vôlei pela 13ª vez seguida" (in Portuguese). Terra. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  13. "Brasil vence a Rússia e termina a Copa do Mundo feminina de vôlei em quarto lugar" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
Awards
Preceded by
Paula Pequeno
Marianne Steinbrecher		 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2006
2009		 Succeeded by
Manon Flier
Foluke Akinradewo
Preceded by
Nataša Osmokrović		 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB Club World Championship
2012		 Succeeded by
Jovana Brakočević
Preceded by
Nataša Osmokrović		 Best Scorer of
FIVB Club World Championship
2012		 Succeeded by
Not awarded
Preceded by
Fabiana Murer		 Brazilian Sportswomen of the Year
2012		 Succeeded by
Poliana Okimoto
Preceded by
Jovana Brakočević		 Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2014		 Succeeded by
Nataliya Goncharova
Preceded by
Natália Pereira
Kelsey Robinson		 Best Outside Hitter of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2016
ex aequo Kimberly Hill		 Succeeded by
Zhu Ting
Natália Pereira
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