Thaísa Menezes

Thaísa Menezes is a hugely respected professional volleyball player from Brazil who has the rare achievement of winning back-to-back gold medals with her nation at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and 2012. She has been the recipient of countless individual awards for Best Spiker and Best Blocker, and is often regarded by experts to be one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time.

Menezes has won almost too many awards and trophies to mention, for example multiple Brazilian Superliga trophies with Rexona-Ades, Sollys Osasco and Itambé/Minas. She’s also been champion at the South American Club Championships on five separate occasions; four times with Molico Osasco and most recently with Itambé/Minas. She was a winner of the FIVB Club World Championships in 2012 and 2016. At the international-level Menezes has won almost every event worth mentioning, for example gold at the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup, multiple golds at the World Grand Prix and South American Championship, two golds at the an-American Cup in 2009 and 2011 as well as a gold at the Pan-American games in 2011.

An incredible ambassador for the sport who has recently become a TEDx speaker in her free time, Menezes is one of the most famous and recognizable volleyball players globally. She loves to post insightful and entertaining content to her hundreds of thousands of devoted fans on her Instagram profile.