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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
June 16 - 22, 2008

(3) Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil

Shelda Kelly Bruno Bedê
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

59 kg (130 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,320,907.50

Ana Paula Connelly Henkel
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lavras (MG)

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$668,452.50

Awards

Tour Champion 1997 (with Adriana Behar), 1998 (with Adriana Behar), 1999 (with Adriana Behar), 2000 (with Adriana Behar), 2001 (with Adriana Behar), 2004 (with Adriana Behar), 2008 (with Ana Paula Connelly)
Best Defensive Player 2005, 2006
Most Inspirational 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Team of the Year 2008 (with Ana Paula Connelly)
Sportsperson 2009

Awards

Best Server 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Tour Champion 2003 (with Sandra Pires), 2008 (with Shelda Bede)
Team of the Year 2008 (with Shelda Bede)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	25	3	1	2	4	7	3	3	1	0	0	1	US$360,250.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Leila Barros - 9th
2006	Adriana Behar - 4th	Leila Barros - 3rd
2007	Adriana Behar - Country Quota	Leila Barros - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	2	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	3	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	4	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	6	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	5	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	11	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/18/2008	Pool C	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (30, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:37
Wed, 6/18/2008	Pool C	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (19)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:41
Thu, 6/19/2008	Pool C	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (14, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:33
Fri, 6/20/2008	Winner 2	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (6)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 12-15	1:02

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	2	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	$185,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	$146,650.00
Total	25	3	1	2	4	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	$360,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Shelda Bede												Ana Paula Connelly
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$112,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$34,000.00
31	4	5	4	4	5	6	2	0	0	$288,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	3	3	2	2	10	6	2	1	0	$238,900.00
106	27	22	21	10	16	5	0	4	0	$855,932.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	76	8	5	11	9	23	9	5	1	0	$395,552.50
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	Goodwill Games
148	34	31	26	15	22	11	3	4	0	$1,284,107.50	Total	113	11	8	13	12	36	16	9	2	0	$668,452.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	8	1	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$110,200.00	34	11	75.6 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$116,200.00	36	13	73.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Shelda Bede													Ana Paula Connelly
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	$1,000.00	1995	FIVB
9	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	$94,000.00	1996	FIVB
9	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$69,500.00	1997	FIVB
8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$118,000.00	1998	FIVB
6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$100,000.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$20,500.00
12	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	$94,500.00	2000	FIVB	10	1	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	$47,000.00
12	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$152,500.00	2001	FIVB
11	2	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	$74,107.50	2002	FIVB	11	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	$49,352.50
10	0	4	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	$90,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$115,000.00
10	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$103,000.00	2004	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	$32,250.00
11	0	2	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	$88,450.00	2005	FIVB	16	1	0	2	2	5	5	0	0	1	$83,075.00
10	0	2	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	$68,325.00	2006	FIVB	11	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	$77,050.00
12	0	1	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	$53,600.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	5	3	3	3	0	1	$66,100.00
8	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	$55,100.00	2008	FIVB	8	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	$55,100.00
132	32	31	25	12	15	9	3	4	1	$1,162,082.50	Total	Total	94	9	8	12	9	28	14	9	1	4	$545,427.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	76	82.6%	8	8.7%	8	8.7%	84-8	91.3%	13	32.5%	7	17.5%	20	50.0%	13-27	32.5%	76-20	79.2%	21-15	58.3%	0	1	97-36	72.9%
2007-2008	51	83.6%	5	8.2%	5	8.2%	56-5	91.8%	10	41.7%	4	16.7%	10	41.7%	10-14	41.7%	51-10	83.6%	15-9	62.5%	0	0	66-19	77.6%
Against the Field	50	86.2%	2	3.4%	6	10.3%	52-6	89.7%	11	36.7%	6	20.0%	13	43.3%	11-19	36.7%	100-26	79.4%	26-24	52.0%	0	0	63-25	71.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	12	7	2	1	0	1	2	0	42	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	9	2	4	2	2	1	1	49	24
Total	0	1	0	0	29	1	0	0	49	16	4	6	2	4	3	1	97	36

Head to Head Results
Bede/Connelly lead the series against the field 32-13 (Lead 21 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Bede/Connelly	8	15-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
5/17/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	23-25, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 2-1
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Bede/Connelly	3	27-25, 21-19	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	6	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 15-21, 17-15	0:59
3/30/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Connelly	11	Branagh/Youngs	4	21-19, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Xue/Zhang, China 1-2
5/18/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	5	Bede/Connelly	6	21-15, 21-12	0:41
5/4/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	3	Bede/Connelly	5	23-21, 21-18	0:41
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	11	Xue/Zhang	3	21-19, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	6	Bede/Connelly	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
5/24/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	6	Bede/Connelly	4	24-22, 20-22, 15-13	1:05
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	6	Tian/Wang	3	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-1
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Bede/Connelly	4	21-13, 21-17	0:36
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	3	Kessy/Ross	6	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-3
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	21-19, 21-13	0:34
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	4	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Bede/Connelly	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:48
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Bede/Connelly	5	21-13, 24-22	0:39
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Bede/Connelly	11	25-23, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # 9 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	2	Faure/Sarpaux	18	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	8	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	24, Q9	21-12, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Scott/Turner, United States 2-0
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Gold Medal	Bede/Connelly	2	Scott/Turner	6	21-19, 21-16	0:39
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	2	Scott/Turner	6	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 2-1
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	4	Cook/Hinchley	12	21-14, 21-16	0:43
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 4	Cook/Hinchley	8	Bede/Connelly	4	24-22, 21-12	0:47
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	11	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-14, 21-15	0:41
Series tied with # 13 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Bede/Connelly	3	21-15, 21-17	0:40
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Bede/Connelly	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	9	21-15, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 14, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:33
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q1	21-18, 21-19	0:45
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Salgado/Salgado	11	Bede/Connelly	8	21-18, 13-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 16 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	11	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	13	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	21-17, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Mouha/Van Breedam	20	21-11, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 23, Q7 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	5	Martins/Santanna	28, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q1	21-19, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 29, Q3 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 30, Q5 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	30, Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against Claasen/Roder, Germany 2-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Claasen/Roder	14	21-17, 21-16	0:39
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	4	Claasen/Roder	13	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q9 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	11	Jursone/Minusa	22	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # Q11 Cooke/Martin, Canada 1-0
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	2	Cooke/Martin	31, Q6	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q13 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	6	Ilustre/Pascua	27, Q10	21-11, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # Q24 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	30, Q25	21-18, 21-13	0:42