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Bárbara Seixas
Brazilian beach volleyball player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Seixas and the second or paternal family name is de Freitas.
Bárbara Seixas de Freitas (born 8 March 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a defender.[1] In 2012, she was named FIVB top Rookie of the year.[2][3] Seixas is a three-time youth World Champion and has reached the podium in several FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournaments.[4][5] She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her teammate Liliane Maestrini,[6] and per 13 August 2013 they rank third among the women's money leaders with $108,875.[7]
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Full name | Bárbara Seixas de Freitas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 36) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2015, Seixas and her partner Ágatha Bednarczuk won a gold medal at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships.