Raquel Peluci Xavier Camargo da Silva (born 30 April 1978), more commonly known as Raquel, is a Brazilian former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who played for the

Brazil women's national volleyball team The Brazil women's national volleyball team is administered by the ''Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol'' (CBV) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. With a tally of 46 international titles the Brazil women's volleyball nati ...

at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

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, where she won a bronze medal. Raquel also claimed a gold medal at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games () or the 13th Pan American Games and commonly known as Winnipeg 1999, were a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Ma ...

in Winnipeg.

Individual awards

* '' 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Server"'' * ''2007–08 Korean V-League – "Best Server"''

References

*
UOL profile

External links

*
Volleybox.net profile
1978 births Living people Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball Pan American Games volleyball players for Brazil Volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Outside hitters Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Japan Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in South Korea Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Volleyball players at the 1995 Pan American Games {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub