| Jacqueline Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jacqueline Louise Cruz Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jackie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1962 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacqueline "Jackie" Louise Cruz Silva, OLY[1] (born 13 February 1962) is a Brazilian retired female volleyball player.[2][3] Silva won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, partnering with Sandra Pires.[2]
Silva was first drafted by the Brazilian women's national volleyball team at the age of 14. She was part of the team that took Brazil to its first Olympics in Moscow in 1980, and then helped the team compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.[4][5] She was known for her aggressive temperament and concern for gender equality, which led the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol to cut her from the national team in 1985.[6]
In 2006, Silva was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[4]
- ^ Olympians: Olympians for Life – website of the WOA
- ^ a b "Athlete's biography FIVB# 100250". International Volleyball Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Pedro. "Jackie Silva". Jornaldovolei.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Jackie Silva". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Jacqueline Cruz Silva Cruz". Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Pereira, Erik Giuseppe Barbosa; Pereira, Marcelo Luis Ribeiro Silva (3 December 2018). "Jackie Silva: An Olympic Champion's Journey". Journal of Physical Education. 30 (1). doi:10.4025/jphyseduc.v30i1.3010. Retrieved 10 October 2023.