Adriana Behar
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Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro)[1] was one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation.[2]
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Full name | Adriana Brandão Behar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | February 14, 1969 (1969-02-14) (age 55) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Behar is Jewish.[3] She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the Brazilian women's national indoor volleyball squad. Pairing with Shelda Bede, she won more than 30 international tournaments of beach volleyball as well as two Olympic medals.[4][5][6][7] Together, they have won more than 1,000 matches and 114 titles.[8]
Of Lebanese Jewish origin, she is the only Brazilian athlete in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame,[9] next to universal sport legends like the American swimmer Mark Spitz[10] and the former Formula 1 pilot Jody Scheckter.[11]