Melissa Humana-Paredes

Melissa Humana-Paredes (born October 10, 1992 in Toronto, Ontario) is a female Canadian beach volleyball player, who makes a double with Taylor Pischke.

She is the younger daughter of two Chilean expatriates, ballet dancer Myriam Paredes, and volleyball player Hernán Humaña, who was part of the national team and later coached Canadians John Child and Mark Heese to the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics.^[1] Humana-Paredes started playing beach volleyball at the age of 12, and four years later was already representing Canada internationally. She attended York University, majoring in communications while playing with the York Lions volleyball team.^[2][3] In 2011, she won a silver medal at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships with Victoria Altomare.^[4] Years later, as Hernan talked with volleyball coach Garth Pischke, he learned his daughter Taylor wanted to join the beach volleyball scene, and suggested that both be joined in a team. Both are currently trained by Child.^[5] The new double led Humana-Paredes to win the bronze medal at the World Under-23 Championships, and was named top female rookie in 2015 by the International Federation of Volleyball. Humana-Paredes competed at several Grand Slam and World Cup events, reaching the round of 16 at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships,^[5] and the semifinals at the 2015 Pan American Games.^[6]

References

1. La hija de chilenos que defiende a Canadá y brilla en Toronto (Spanish)
2. Canadians make the most of their time on the beach
3. Melissa Humana-Paredes is York U's 2015 Pan Am hopeful in beach volleyball
4. Canadian beach volleyball pair of Melissa Humana-Paredes, Taylor Pischke threat to win at Pan Am Games — and for years to come
5. Volleyball lineage flows through Canada’s budding beach duo
6. Pischke and Humana-Paredes the future of Canadian beach volleyball

External links

• Biography at FIVB
• Melissa Humana-Paredes on Twitter