Remembering the Legacy of Olympic Champion Walewska Oliveira: A Tribute to a Brazilian Volleyball Icon

2023-09-22 16:01:15

The former Brazilian player Walewska OliveiraOlympic champion in Beijing 2008, He died on Thursday night following falling from the seventeenth floor in Sao Paulo. She was 43 years old.

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The Brazilian Volleyball Confederation announced the death of the international in a statement, although it did not cite the reason for her death. However, the Sao Paulo press has made reference in recent hours to a police report that talks regarding this fall from a building.

Oliveira stopped playing volleyball last year. She did it following a long career in which, in addition to that gold in Beijing, she won a bronze in Sydney 2000. She was also an Olympian in Athens 2004, when Brazil finished fourth. In addition, she retired with a world silver, with two golds and a bronze in the World Cup and with a gold and a silver in the Pan American Games.

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