Larissa França
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| Nickname | Larissa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April 14, 1982 Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, ES, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Fortaleza, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Larissa França (born April 14, 1982 in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil. She is the all-time leader of beach volleyball titles, with 57 FIVB career gold medals, including the 2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships with Juliana Felisberta and the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour with Talita Antunes.[1]
With Juliana, Larissa also won two Pan American Games titles – 2007 and 2011 - [2] and the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] Four years prior, Larissa had to play the 2008 Summer Olympics with Ana Paula Connelly following an injury to Juliana, finishing in fifth place. Before, she had won the bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Ana Richa.
After a brief two year retirement following the 2012 Olympics, Larissa went back to activity in 2014 in a double with Talita Antunes. The duo went on to win the gold medal at the 2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals and earn a spot into the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
Personal life
Larissa was born in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, and moved at a young age to the state of Pará. A sports enthusiast from a young age, she earned a volleyball scholarship in high school and went on to start her professional career at Tuna Luso Brasileira. She moved to beach volleyball in 2001, following an event held by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation in Fortaleza.[5]
On August 2013, Larissa married fellow female player Liliane Maestrini,[6] about one month after they came out about their relationship.[7]
References
- ↑ "Larissa named top player of World Tour 2015". FIVB. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "SI". sportsillustrated.cnn.com.
- ↑ "Beach volleyball women's results - London 2012 Olympics". Olympic.org.
- ↑ "Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals - Match Schedule / Results". FIVB.
- ↑ Larissa França: rainha das quadras de areia, Diário do Pará (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Larissa e Lili, do vôlei de praia, se casam em praia de Fortaleza com vestido branco e buquê" (in Portuguese). Jornal Extra Online. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ↑ "Larissa França: I am gay". Volleywood. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
