Leila Barros

Leila Gomes de Barros, born 30 September 1971, is a Brazilian politician and former volleyball player who often played as an opposite hitter and attacker. She was part of the Brazil squad that had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning the 1996 and 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix and being named most valuable player in each. She finished second at the 1995 and 2003 World Cup, third at the 1999 World Cup, and won silver at the 1994 World Championship. At the Olympics the Brazilian team won bronze in 1996 and 2000. She switched briefly to beach volleyball in 2001 and returned indoors in 2003, and in October 2018 she became the first woman to represent the Federal District of Brazil in the Senate.