Thaísa Menezes, whose full name is Thaísa Daher de Menezes, was born on 15 May 1987 in the Campo Grande district of Rio de Janeiro and is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. A swimmer until the age of thirteen, she switched to volleyball following her brother Tiago and is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest middle blockers of all time. She won back-to-back gold medals with Brazil at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, and many Best Spiker and Best Blocker awards, and with Sollys Osasco she won the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship.
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She won back-to-back gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
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She won back-to-back gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
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She won back-to-back gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
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