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![]() Ana Paula Henkel (left) in 2006
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Nationality | Brazil | ||||||||||||
Born | 13 February 1972 | ||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
Spike | 309 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||
Block | 284 cm (112 in) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly (now called Ana Paula Rodrigues Henkel) (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a female beach volleyball and volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. At her second Olympic appearance she was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's competition. She later started a career in beach volleyball. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.