Fernanda Garay

Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (born May 10, 1986 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who won the 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal with the Brazil national team.[1][2] She is 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) tall. She plays with Praia Clube.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Garay and the second or paternal family name is Rodrigues.
Fernanda Garay
Personal information
Full nameFernanda Garay Rodrigues
NicknameFe Garay
NationalityBrazil
Born (1986-10-05) 5 October 1986
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Spike308 cm (121 in)
Block288 cm (113 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker
Current club Dentil/Praia Clube
Number16
National team
2010– Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
2010 JapanTeam
2014 ItalyTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2013 Tokyo/Nagoya Team
World Grand Prix
2013 SapporoTeam
2014 TokyoTeam
2016 BangkokTeam
2011 MacauTeam
2012 NingboTeam
Pan American Games
2011 GuadalajaraTeam
2015 TorontoTeam
Last updated: December 2016

Career

Garay is a sergeant[3] and she played at the 2011 Military World Games volleyball tournament, winning the gold medal[4] and the Most Valuable Player and Best Spiker individual awards.[5]

Playing with Sollys Nestlé Osasco, Garay won the gold medal in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.

Garay was awarded Best Spiker of the 2012/13 season of the Brazilian Superliga playing with Sollys/Nestlé.[6] She was announced to play for Fenerbahçe for the 2013/14 club season.[7]

She won one of the Best Outside Hitters award during the 2013 South American Championship.[8] Her National Team won the Continental Championship qualifying to the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup and the 2014 World Championship.[9]

After signing with the Russian club Dinamo Krasnodar for the 2014/2015[10] she won the Russian Cup title[11] and the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship silver medal when her team lost to the Turkish Eczacibasi VitrA in the championship match.[12] She was recognized with the Best Outside Spiker individual award.[13] She previously announced the extension of her contract with Krasnodar for the 2015/2016 season,[14] but the club experienced financial problems that led her sign with Dinamo Moscow for that season.[15] With this team, she won the bronze medal of the Russian Cup in December 2015[16] and the Russian league championship in 2016 with a perfect season.[17]

Garay won the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games when her national team was defeated in the championship match 0-3 to the United States.[18]

Clubs

Awards

Clubs

References
  1. "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  2. "Olympics-Volleyball-Brazil win women's volleyball gold medal". Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  3. "Clássicos entre Brasil e EUA abrem as competições de Vôlei no Maracanãzinho". Jornal Do Brasil (in Portuguese). 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  4. "Brazil won the first title of Military World Games". Vertex Volley. 2011-07-25. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  5. "Fernanda Garay decide futuro e é anunciada por grande clube na Turquia". Melhor do Volei (in Portuguese). 2013-04-22. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  6. "Fernanda Garay deixa o Sollys/Nestlé". Lance!Net (in Portuguese). 2013-04-15. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  7. "SELEÇÃO FEMININA: O bom momento de Fernanda Garay" (in Portuguese). Saquarema, Brazil: CBV. 2012-08-11. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  8. "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  9. "USA, Brazil & Thailand earn place in FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup". Lausanne, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  10. "Fe Garay and Fabiola will join Dinamo Krasnodar after World Champs". Russian Volleyball. 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  11. "Dinamo KRASNODAR write history with first Russian Cup title". Krasnodar, Russia: CEV. 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  12. "Eczacibasi reach summit of club volleyball at Zurich 2015". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  13. "Eczacibasi from the top of Europe to the top of the world". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  14. "Brazilian player Fe Garay extended the contract with Dinamo Krasnodar". Russian Volleyball. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  15. "Brazilian Fernanda Garay moves to Dinamo Moscow". Russian Volleyball. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  16. "Кубок России. «Динамо» (Москва) - «Северянка» (Череповец) - 3:0" (in Russian). Dinamo Moscow. 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  17. "Dinamo Moscow cap perfect season with fourth national league title". Moscow, Russia: CEV. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  18. "USA women win second gold medal in Pan Am Games history". Toronto, Canada: FIVB. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
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