Larissa França
Encyclopedia
Larissa França is a female beach volleyball
player from Brazil
, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games
in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Ana Richa
.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player from Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games
2003 Pan American Games
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....
in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Ana Richa
Ana Richa
Ana Maria Richa Medeiros is a retired female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Larissa França.In the 1980s she twice was a member of the Brazilian...
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