Fabiana Alvim

Fabi Alvim
Fabi Alvim
Personal information
Full name	Fabiana Alvim de Oliveira
Nickname	Fabi
Nationality	Brazil
Born	7 March 1980; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	Retired
Career
1998–1999	Macaé
1999–2000	Flamengo
2000–2001	Vasco da Gama
2001–2005	ACF Campos
2005–2018	Rio de Janeiro
National team
2002–2013	Brazil
Women's volleyball
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Cup
World Grand Champions Cup
Pan American Games
Pan-American Cup
South American Championship
Final Four Cup
	Last updated: 2012

Fabiana "Fabi" Alvim de Oliveira (born 7 March 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who won the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career

Fabiana started playing volleyball at the age of 13, specializing in defense - and later the libero position - due to her short height. De Oliveira was first called up to the Brazil women's national volleyball team in 2002, under coach Marco Aurélio Motta. She lost her place under his replacement, José Roberto Guimarães, and only returned to being a mainstay of the team in 2005. At the 2007 Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, de Oliveira and the Brazilian team won the silver medal.[1]

One year later de Oliveira won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was chosen as the best libero of the tournament.[2]

At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, de Oliveira was given the "Best Receiver" award,[3] also winning the gold medal with her national team.[4]

Oliveira was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[5] She was also part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also took the 2013 South American Championship with her national team, winning the Best Libero award.[6]

Oliveira won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship, playing with Unilever Vôlei.[7]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Oliveira played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich.[8]

Oliveira decided to retire from volleyball after the 2017/2018 season of the Brazilian Superliga, when her team Sesc Rio won the silver medal. Currently Oliveira is working as a volleyball commentator.[9]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

2013 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-up, with Unilever Vôlei
2017 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-up, with Rexona/SESC
2013 Club South American Championship – Champion, with Unilever Vôlei
2015 Club South American Championship – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
2016 Club South American Championship – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
2017 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Rexona/SESC
2018 South American Club Championship – Runner-up, with SESC Rio

References

"Brazil wins 1st gold in women's volleyball". CBC Sports. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
"Brazilian Women win gold in style as they drop just one set throughout Olympic Volleyball Tournament; Paula Pequeno is MVP". FIVB. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Retrieved 2011-07-09.
Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.
FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
"SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
"Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
"Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
"Após deixar as quadras, Fabi reforça time de comentaristas do Grupo Globo" (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Globo. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.

External links

Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics website

Awards
Preceded by Paola Cardullo	Best Libero of Olympic Games 2008	Succeeded by Brenda Castillo
Preceded by Unknown	Best Libero of South American Championship 2005 2007 2011 2013	Succeeded by Marianela Robinet Camila Gómez
Preceded by Paula Pequeno	Most Valuable Player of South American Championship 2009	Succeeded by Sheilla Castro
Preceded by -	Best Libero of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 2009	Succeeded by Arisa Satō
Preceded by Zhang Xian	Best Libero of FIVB World Grand Prix 2013	Succeeded by Yūko Sano
Preceded by Silvija Popović	Best Libero of FIVB Club World Championship 2016	Succeeded by Silvija Popović

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[1] "Brazil wins 1st gold in women's volleyball". CBC Sports. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

[2] "Brazilian Women win gold in style as they drop just one set throughout Olympic Volleyball Tournament; Paula Pequeno is MVP". FIVB. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

[3] NORCECA (2011-07-09). "Brazilian Sheilla Castro the MVP of the Pan Am Cup". Retrieved 2011-07-09.

[4] Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.

[5] FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20.

[6] "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.

[7] "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

[8] "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[9] "Após deixar as quadras, Fabi reforça time de comentaristas do Grupo Globo" (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Globo. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.