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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 27 - August 1, 2009

(8) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Adriana Behar - 1st	Did not play
2002	Adriana Behar - 2nd	Tatiana Minello - 5th
2003	Adriana Behar - 3rd	Sandra Pires - 2nd
2004	Adriana Behar - 2nd	Sandra Pires - 5th
2005	Did not play	Leila Barros - 13th
2006	Adriana Behar - 9th	Leila Barros - 17th
2007	Adriana Behar - 9th	Leila Barros - 17th
2008	Ana Paula Connelly - 1st	Shelda Bede - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$11,400.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	5	4th	700	US$28,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	3	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	1	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	1	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$43,500.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2009	Pool H	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (25)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:35
Wed, 7/29/2009	Pool H	Merel Mooren / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (24)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:31
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool H	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (9)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:47
Fri, 7/31/2009	Winner 2	Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (23, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:39
Fri, 7/31/2009	Winner 3	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4)	Lost 19-21, 10-21	0:44

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	14	3	1	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	$249,800.00	64	17	79.0 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$78,050.00	20	9	69.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	3	1	2	3	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	$333,850.00	86	28	75.4 %

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
14	3	1	2	2	5	1	0	0	0	$124,900.00	2008	FIVB	15	3	1	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$124,900.00
6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$39,025.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$39,025.00
144	34	31	26	14	20	11	3	4	1	$1,270,907.50	Total	Total	107	11	8	13	11	34	16	9	1	4	$654,252.50

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%
2008-2009	74	83.1%	8	9.0%	7	7.9%	82-7	92.1%	13	33.3%	6	15.4%	20	51.3%	13-26	33.3%	74-20	78.7%	21-13	61.8%	0	1	95-34	73.6%
Against the Field	41	82.0%	5	10.0%	4	8.0%	46-4	92.0%	8	30.8%	5	19.2%	13	50.0%	8-18	30.8%	82-26	75.9%	26-18	59.1%	0	0	54-22	71.1%

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 47-15 (Lead 24 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Bede/Connelly	5	21-14, 21-19	0:40
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Bronze Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Bede/Connelly	5	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-3
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Bede/Connelly	5	28-26, 15-21, 15-9	1:13
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	8	Bede/Connelly	5	21-14, 21-18	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 3 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 3-2
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	4	Bede/Connelly	8	21-19, 21-10	0:44
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	5	Branagh/Youngs	4	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:03
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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 9 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 2-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Bede/Connelly	8	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	21-11, 21-17	0:47
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	29	21-14, 21-14	0:52
Series tied with # 10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-2
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	Bede/Connelly	4	22-24, 21-19, 15-11	1:11
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	Bede/Connelly	5	21-18, 15-21, 16-14	0:52
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	14	21-18, 21-17	0:44
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-2
9/20/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Connelly	1	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-17, 21-18	0:37
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	4	Bede/Connelly	1	21-19, 22-24, 15-10	1:08
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 # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 4-0
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	2	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Bede/Connelly	5	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q14	21-14, 21-16	0:31
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	8	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Mouha/Van Breedam	21	14-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
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 # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 4-0
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Gioria/Momoli	19	21-18, 21-16	0:38
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	1	Gioria/Momoli	8	21-11, 21-12	0:26
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Bede/Connelly	1	Gioria/Momoli	14	21-19, 21-19	0:44
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	2	Gioria/Momoli	19	21-9, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 15 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	2	Hakedal/Torlen	12	21-18, 21-14	0:43
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	5	Hakedal/Torlen	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 17 Huang/Zhang, China 1-0
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Huang/Zhang	15	22-20, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 18 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-1
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Bede/Connelly	5	21-15, 23-21	0:46
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	1:01
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 23, Q6 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	8	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	23, Q6	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 24 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 2-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Bede/Connelly	8	Mooren/Wesselink	24	21-14, 21-13	0:31
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Mooren/Wesselink	28, Q5	21-14, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # 25 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Bede/Connelly	8	Pohl/Rau	25	22-20, 21-17	0:35
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Pohl/Rau	21	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 26 Jirak/Rimser, Austria 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	1	Jirak/Rimser	17	19-21, 21-7, 16-14	0:43
Series tied with # 27, Q3 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 2-2
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	14	Bede/Connelly	3	12-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:02
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24	Bede/Connelly	1	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:38
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	30, Q25	21-18, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 28 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Baburina/Osheyko	28	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:56
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Bede/Connelly	2	Baburina/Osheyko	27	21-10, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against Cunha/Lavalle, Brazil 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Cunha/Lavalle	20, Q17	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Leao/Ribeiro	6, Q1	Bede/Connelly	3	21-16, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # Q4 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	5	Petrova/Skalnikova	21	22-20, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q9 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	29, Q4	21-13, 21-15	0:35
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 # Q11 Barsuk/Boyko, Russia 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	3	Barsuk/Boyko	30, Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q17 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Dampney/Mullin	29, Q3	21-13, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q18 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Boulton/Johns	44	21-10, 21-10	0:33