Marianne Steinbrecher
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Full name | Marianne Steinbrecher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Mari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | São Paulo, Brazil | August 23, 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 320 cm (126 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 308 cm (121 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside spiker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marianne Steinbrecher (born August 23, 1983)[1] is a Brazilian volleyball player,[2] who plays as a wing spiker (basically outside hitter, occasionally opposite hitter)[3] at Molico/Osasco. She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in which she helped her country win the gold medal.
Life and career[]
Born in São Paulo,[2] Steinbrecher, who is of Russian and German descent,[4] started playing volleyball when she was 14 years old.[4] After playing for Rolândia/Faccar and Grêmio Londrinense,[5] she professionalized while playing for Osasco.[4] Playing for Osasco, she won the Salonpas Cup in 2001, in 2002 and in 2005,[6] the Campeonato Paulista in 2003,[4] and the Superliga in 2003–04.[6] In 2006, she left Osasco and joined Italian club Scavolini Pesaro.[4][5] In 2008, she returned to Brazil to play for São Caetano/Blausiegel in the Copa Brasil.[7][8] In 2010, she signed a contract with the Brazilian club Unilever Volley. She played with Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar and helped her team to win the bronze medal after defeating Puerto Rico's Lancheras de Cataño 3-0.[9]
National team[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Marianne_Steinbrecher_1.jpg/170px-Marianne_Steinbrecher_1.jpg)
Playing for the national team, she won the FIVB World Grand Prix in 2004, in 2006, in 2008[4] and in 2009. In the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix, she was awarded the competition's Most Valuable Player (MVP).[10] Steinbrecher participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which her country finished in the fourth place, after being defeated by Cuba in the bronze medal match.[11] In the 2007 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal, after her country was defeated by Cuba in the final.[4] In 2008, Steinbrecher helped Brazil win the FIVB World Grand Prix, also winning the competition's Most Valuable Player award.[12] In the same year, on her birthday, in Beijing, Steinbrecher won her first gold medal in the Olympic Games, after her country beat the United States 3–1 in the gold medal match.[13]
Mari took part of the National Team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[14]
Personal life[]
Mariane came out when the newspaper Extra reported her and her girlfriend.[15]
Awards[]
Individuals[]
- 2003–04 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Scorer"
- 2003–04 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Spiker"
- 2004–05 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Server"
- 2006 Pan-American Cup – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2006 Pan-American Cup – "Best Spiker"
- 2008 World Grand Prix – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2011 South American Championship – "Best Spiker"
- 2015 South American Club Championship – "Best Opposite Spiker"
Clubs[]
- 2001–02 Brazilian Superliga –
Runner-up, with Vôlei Osasco
- 2002–03 Brazilian Superliga –
Champion, with Vôlei Osasco
- 2003–04 Brazilian Superliga –
Champion, with Vôlei Osasco
- 2004–05 Brazilian Superliga –
Champion, with Vôlei Osasco
- 2007–08 Italian Serie A1 –
Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2010–11 Brazilian Superliga –
Champion, with Unilever Vôlei
- 2011–12 Brazilian Superliga –
Runner-up, with Unilever Vôlei
- 2014–15 Brazilian Superliga –
Runner-up, with Molico Osasco
- 2015 South American Club Championship –
Champion, with Molico Osasco
- 2012–13 Women's CEV Cup –
Runner-up, with Fenerbahçe
- 2012 FIVB Club World Championship –
Bronze medal, with Fenerbahçe
References[]
- ^ "Marianne Steinbrecher". Yahoo. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ^ a b "A história do voleibol nos Jogos Pan-Americanos // Perfis da Seleção Feminina e do técnico Zé Roberto" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol. July 13, 2008. Archived from the original on October 4, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ^ "Women's Particip" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mari" (in Portuguese). UOL. August 23, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ^ a b "Marianne Steinbrecher" (in Italian). Scavolini Pesaro. Archived from the original on August 4, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ^ a b "Títulos" (in Portuguese). Marianne Steinbrecher's official website. Archived from the original on July 30, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ^ "Reforço do São Caetano/Blausiegel, Mari crê em sucesso na temporada" (in Portuguese). Planeta Volei. July 16, 2008. Archived from the original on August 9, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ^ "São Caetano conta com Fofão, Mari e Sheilla" (in Portuguese). iG. September 4, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ^ "Fenerbahce defeat Lancheras for women's bronze medal". Doha, Qatar: FIVB. October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ^ "Modelo de superação" (in Portuguese). JB Online. July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Sonho de ouro vira pesadelo para o Brasil" (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ^ "Brazil claim seventh World Grand Prix title with perfect 5-0 record". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. July 13, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ^ "Brasil vence os EUA na final e conquista glória máxima no vôlei feminino" (in Portuguese). UOL. August 23, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ^ FIVB (October 20, 2011). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "De férias, jogadora de vôlei Mari curte viagem à Itália com a namorada" (in Portuguese). Extra. May 17, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
External links[]
- Marianne Steinbrecher at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Marianne Steinbrecher at the Brazilian Olympic Committee
- Marianne Steinbrecher at the International Olympic Committee
- Marianne Steinbrecher at Olympedia
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Brazilian women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players of Brazil
- Olympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Sportspeople from São Paulo
- Brazilian people of German descent
- Brazilian people of Russian descent
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Fenerbahçe volleyballers
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Lesbian sportswomen
- LGBT sportspeople from Brazil
- LGBT volleyball players
- Opposite hitters
- Outside hitters
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Brazilian expatriates in Italy
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games