Adria Jesus da Silva (born 1 June 1983) is a Brazilian Paralympic sitting volleyball player. She is part of the Brazil women's national sitting volleyball team.
She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, finishing 5th, and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Biography
Adria Jesus da Silva was born on 1 June 1983 in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. She competes in sitting volleyball and is classified as VS1.
In 1999, at the age of 16, Silva was involved in a motorcycle accident that resulted in the amputation of her left leg below the knee. She was introduced to sitting volleyball by a coach in late 2005 and received her first call-up to the Brazilian national team the following year.
Silva recalled that she initially lacked technical experience and was not selected for the national team at her first trial. She subsequently developed as a player and became a regular member of the Brazilian national team.
See also Brazil at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Brazil at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
References
External links https://www.paralympic.org/video/sitting-volleyball-brazil-v-ukraine-women-s-bronze-victory-match-rio-2016-paralympic-games http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/1qUCqHdzxQ_/2016+Rio+Paralympics+Day+4/Adria+Jesus+da+Silva