Sheilla Castro, the 15 year Brazilian national team right side hitter, was born Sheilla Tavares de Castro on 1 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte.
From 2005 to 2016, when Brazil didnt take gold medal they always took silver with two exceptions.
Watch how Sheilla score important points during tense tiebreak moments during the Olympic Games.
A member of the first Brazilian Olympic women's team to win two gold medals in two consecutive Olympic Games.
Watch the Olympic gold medal match at the 2012 London Olympics between Brazil and the United States.
World Championship Experience
2002 - Superliga - Gold
2005- Courmayeur Championship
2005 - The Montreux Volley Masters, the South American Championships, the World Grand Champions Cup - Gold
2006 - won the Courmayeur Championship, Montreux Volley Masters
2007 - Second place in the Pan American Games in Rio
2008 - 2012 -won two Olympic Games - Gold
2008 - World Grand Prix - Gold
2008 - Final Four - Gold
2009 - Montreux Volley Master’s - Gold
2009 - Pan American Cup - Gold
2009 - FIVB Grand Prix - MVP
2009 - Won the South American Championships
2010 - helped Brazil achieve a silver medal in the FIVB World Grand Prix and FIVB World Championships
2011 - Silver medal in the FIVB World Grand Prix
2011 - Pan American Cup title
2012 - voted Brazil's Athlete of the Year
2013 - World Grand Prix - Gold
2013 - South American Championships - Gold
2014 - World Grand Prix - Gold
2014 - Voted Best Opposite Striker at the World Grand Prix
FIVB Hero Sheilla Castro is interviewed at the 2011 World Grand Prix in Macau.
Major International Competition
2007 - Pan-American Games - Silver
2007 - World Grand Prix - Fifth Place
2007 - South American Championships - Gold
2008 - Olympic Gold Medal - Brazil
2008 - World Grand Prix - Gold
2008 - Final Four - Gold
2009 - Montreux Volley Masters - Gold
2009 - American Cup - Gold
2009 - FIVB Grand Prix
2009 - South American Championships - Gold
2009 - American Cup - Silver
2010 - World Grand Prix - Silver
2010 - World Championships - Silver
2011 - Pan American Cup - Gold
2012 - London Olympic Games - Brazil - Gold
2013 - World Grand Prix - Gold
Individual Awards
2005 FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"
2005 FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup "Best Scorer"
2005/06 CEV Cup "Best Spiker"
2006 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
2008/09 Brazilian Superleague "Best Scorer and Best Spiker"
2009 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
2009/10 Brazilian Superleague "Best Spiker and Best Server"
2011 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
2011 South American Championship "Most Valuable Player"
2012 Summer Olympics "Best Server"
2012 South American Club Championship "Most Valuable Player"
2012 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Most Valuable Player"
2012 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Scorer"
2013 South American Championship "Best ´ Opposite"
2014 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Opposite"
2014 FIVB World Championship "Best Opposite"
2016 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Outside Spiker"
Clubs
Brazil Mackenzie Esporte Clube (1997–2000)
Brazil MRV/Minas (2001–2004)
Italy Scavolini Pesaro (2004–2008)
Brazil São Caetano/Blausiegel (2008–2010)
Brazil Unilever/Rio de Janeiro (2010–2012)
Brazil Molico Osasco (2012–2014)
Turkey Vakıfbank Istanbul (2014–2016)
A phenomenal all around player Sheilla is known to be a dangerous spiker and an outstanding blocker. Watch these 15 fantastic blocks according to Jorge Filho.
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Watch Sheilla a member of the FIVB 2016 World Grand Prix Dream Team...the best of the best...
Volleywood "The Adorable Sheilla"
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