Laiana Rodrigues Batista (born 8 May 1982) is a Brazilian sitting volleyball player.[1]
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Biography and career
editBatista is from Manaus, Amazonas. She was already a conventional volleyball player when, at the age of eighteen, she had hemorrhagic dengue fever and the manifestation of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Her legs were paralyzed and her right foot fell off. She discovered the Paralympic sport fifteen years later, at the age of 33.[1]
Batista was a member of the Brazilian women's sitting volleyball Team at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, where she won a silver medal.[1] She made her Paralympic debut at Rio 2016, where the team won the bronze medal after defeating Ukraine 3 sets to 0.[2][3] At the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, they again won the silver medal after losing to the United States team by 3 sets to 0.[1][4] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, the team lost to the United States in the semi-finals, but won the bronze medal after beating Canada by 3 sets to 1.[1][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Laiana Rodrigues Batista". Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Exemplo de superação, paratleta do AM estreia com Brasil no vôlei sentado". GloboEsporte.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Brasil vence Ucrânia e conquista o bronze no vôlei sentado feminino". Vermelho. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "No vôlei sentado feminino, Brasil perde a final, mas fica com a vaga em Tóquio". Rede do Esporte. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Gustavo Cunha (4 September 2021). "Vôlei sentado feminino supera o Canadá e garante a medalha de bronze". Rede do Esporte. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
External links
edit- Laiana Rodrigues Batista at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Laiana Rodrigues Batista at the International Paralympic Committee
- Laiana Rodrigues Batista at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)