Tess Flore Badocco Helene de Oliveira (born January 6, 1987, in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

) is a female

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

from

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

, who won the bronze medal with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games, officially the XIV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Santo Domingo 2003, were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the Games was made in the mid-1990 ...

. Oliveira also competed at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Rio 2007, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of ...

, finishing in fourth place. Her twin sister

Amanda Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, "she who must (or is fit to) be loved". Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by ev ...

played in the same team.

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1987 births Living people Water polo players from Paris Naturalized citizens of Brazil Brazilian twins Water polo players from São Paulo Brazilian female water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Olympic water polo players for Brazil Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Brazil-waterpolo-bio-stub

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