Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a retired female volleyball player and journalist from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. With Brazil women's national volleyball team, she won three World Grand Prix editions and got medals in various tournaments, including the 1996 Olympics in the United States and the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.[1] On the beach, she won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2003 (alongside Sandra Pires) and 2008 (with Shelda Bede).
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![]() Ana Paula Henkel (left) in 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazil and USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-02-13) 13 February 1972 (age 50) Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 309 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 284 cm (112 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After retiring from volleyball in 2010, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she majored in architecture at UCLA and is now studying to get a master's degree in political science. Noted for her conservative views, she had a column in newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and joined news station Jovem Pan.[2]
She has been married three times, first to basketballer Jeffty Connelly from 1994 to 1998, and then to volleyball coach Marcus Miranda, with whom she had a son. Since 2010, she has been married to attorney and retired beach volleyballer Carl Henkel.[3][4] She was considering a fifth Olympic appearance in 2012, but retired as she was developing panic disorder and started resenting being too absent for her son.[5]
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Preceded by | Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside ![]() 2003 |
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Preceded by | Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside ![]() 2008 |
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Preceded by | Best Spiker of FIVB World Grand Prix 1998 |
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Preceded by | Best Blocker of FIVB World Grand Prix 1998 |
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Women's FIVB World Tour "Best Server" 2005 – 2007 |
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Preceded by | Women's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside ![]() 2008 |
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Brazil squad – 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal | ||
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Brazil squad – 1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Silver medal | ||
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Brazil women's volleyball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal | ||
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