Fivét Continues to Announce the List of top 100 stars of the past decade, this time announcing the famous Brazilian women's volleyball star Sierra. Sheila is a very strong player.
Born in July 1983, Sheila is 1.85 meters tall and has the position of receiving the second pass. Sierra is the tactical core of the Brazilian women's volleyball team and is a technical receiver. Her advantages are long arms, good physical coordination, flexible steps, quick response, diverse slam dunk techniques, keen observation ability, and the ability to perfectly combine the change of the slam line with tactics such as the combination of the hitman out of bounds and the combination of hanging. Sheila is a team member with a balanced attack and defense, and is the object of the opponent's focus on defense.
Sierra won the World Youth Women's Volleyball Championship with the Brazilian youth team in 2001 and was later selected for the Brazilian national team. Sheila competed at the 2002 World Championships, but unfortunately did not perform well and was not selected for the 2003 World Cup and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
In 2005, the Brazilian women's volleyball team defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team in the Swiss women's volleyball elite tournament, and Sheila became famous for her eye-catching performance. The Brazilian team has won the Swiss Women's Volleyball Elite, the World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix, the South American Women's Volleyball Championship, and the World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix. After Shera became famous, she played in the Italian league, where her skills soared. Sierra gradually became the main force of the national team, and won gold medals with Brazil at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2012 London Olympic Games. She also won the Best Serve award at the London Olympics. The Brazilian women's volleyball team won the championship, and the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to them one after another. The Chinese women's volleyball team lost 3-0 to Brazil in the semi-finals of the Beijing Olympic Games. The Chinese women's volleyball team lost 2-3 to Brazil in the group stage of the London Olympic Games. What is even more infuriating is that the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 2-3 to the Japanese team in the quarterfinals and missed the final four, which was a very bitter experience. This also prompted Lang Ping to return to coach the Chinese women's volleyball team for the second time.
In 2016, Sierra participated with the team at the Rio Olympics on home soil. They are regarded by everyone as the big favorite for the women's volleyball team to win the Rio Olympic Games. Brazil did show momentum to win the title, advancing to the quarter-finals in the group stage with five 3-0 group finishes. In the quarterfinals against the Chinese women's volleyball team that stumbled and advanced, the Brazilian team was very confident. From the beginning of the game, the fans gave the Brazilian team a tsunami of cheers, and the Brazilian team seemed to have the victory. Unexpectedly, the Chinese team stubbornly defeated the Brazilian team 3-2, which made the Brazilian audience on the scene shut up. The Chinese team continued to work hard and finally won the gold medal.
From winning the big hit to missing the final four, the Brazilian players were very sad. The 33-year-old veteran Sheila shed tears on the spot. After the game, he was disappointed to announce his retirement. She couldn't take such a blow.
In 2011, Sheila met basketball coach Blanno. Brano was three years older than Sierra. The two married in April 2013 and gave birth to twin daughters in November 2018. By this time Sheila was 35 years old.
Just when everyone thought that Shera had thrown herself into the family and would not return to the volleyball court, Sheila made a comeback. In August 2019, Sierra returned to Brazil with Fabiana and Camilla and participated in a friendly match with the Argentine women's volleyball team. At the age of 36, Sheila also participated in the 2019 Women's Volleyball World Cup. Although he played as a substitute, he performed well.
Sheila also wanted to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, when she was 38 years old. Sheila said she had recovered 70% or 80% and could fully compete with the team. I have to admire European and American players, and the player career is long. This is incomparable to Asian players. The Chinese team has many women's volleyball players who retired in their twenties.