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Brazilian volleyball player and journalist

Ana Paula Henkel
Ana Paula Henkel (left) in 2006
Personal information
Full nameAna Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel
NationalityBrazil and United States
Born (1972-02-13) 13 February 1972 (age 52)
Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Spike309 cm (122 in)
Block284 cm (112 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Number5
National team
1992–1998 Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1994 Brazil Team
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 1994 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 1996 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 1998 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place 1995 Shanghai
CSV South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Porto Alegre
Silver medal – second place 1993 Cusco

Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel (born 13 February 1972), more commonly known as Ana Paula, is a Brazilian retired female volleyball player and journalist who represented Brazil at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. With Brazil women's national volleyball team, she won three World Grand Prix editions and got medals in various tournaments, including the 1996 Olympics in the United States and the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Japan. On the beach, she won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2003 (alongside Sandra Pires) and 2008 (with Shelda Bede).

Personal life

After retiring from volleyball in 2010, Paula moved to Los Angeles, California, where she majored in architecture at UCLA and is now studying to get a master's degree in political science. Noted for her conservative views, she had a column in newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and joined news station Jovem Pan.

Paula has been married three times, first to basketballer Jeffty Connelly from 1994 to 1998, and then to volleyball coach Marcus Miranda, with whom she had a son. Since 2010, she has been married to attorney and retired beach volleyballer Carl Henkel. She was considering a fifth Olympic appearance in 2012, but retired as she was developing panic disorder and started resenting being too absent for her son.

References

  1. Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1998 – Teams Composition. - Brazil". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. Dama de ferro, Universo Online
  3. "ISTOÉ Gente Online".
  4. "Troca de alianças ao pôr do sol de Ana Paula e Carl". 9 February 2010.
  5. Síndrome do pânico fez Ana Paula desistir de sua quinta Olimpíada, Universo Online

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Kerri Walsh and
Misty May-Treanor (USA) 		Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner
alongside Brazil Sandra Pires
2003 		Succeeded by Adriana Behar and
Shelda Bede (BRA)
Preceded by Larissa França and
Juliana Felisberta (BRA) 		Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner
alongside Brazil Shelda Bede
2008 		Succeeded by Larissa França and
Juliana Felisberta (BRA)
Awards
Preceded byCuba Ana Fernández Best Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
1998 		Succeeded byRussia Elizaveta Tichtchenko
Preceded byChina Li Yan Best Blocker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
1998 		Succeeded byRussia Yelena Godina
Preceded byInaugural Women's FIVB World Tour "Best Server"
2005 – 2007 		Succeeded by Maria Clara Salgado (BRA)
Preceded by Juliana Felisberta and
Larissa França (BRA) 		Women's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year"
alongside Brazil Shelda Bede
2008 		Succeeded by Juliana Felisberta and
Larissa França (BRA)
Brazil squad – 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal
Brazil
Brazil women's volleyball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
Brazil
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