Wellington Platini

Wellington Platini
Personal information
Full name Wellington Platini Silva
Nationality Brazil
Born (1985-03-25) 25 March 1985
Volleyball information
Position UN
Number 9
Career
YearsTeams
2012CPSP
National team
2007-Brazil Brazil sitting volleyball team

Wellington Platini Silva (born 25 March 1985) is a Brazilian male Paralympic sitting volleyball player.[1] He is part of the Brazil men's national sitting volleyball team. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics finishing 5th.[2] He won the silver medal at the 2014 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Poland. At the 2007 Parapan American Games, 2011 Parapan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games he won three consecutieve gold medals in a row.[3] In the 2015 Games competition he was ranked third in the players ranking by skills, amassing 33 spikes, 21 blocks and 11 serves. On club level he played for CPSP in 2012.

Achievements

2007
1st, gold medalist(s) 2007 Parapan American Games
2011
1st, gold medalist(s) 2011 Parapan American Games
2012
5th 2012 Summer Paralympics
2014
2nd, silver medalist(s) World championships
2015
1st, gold medalist(s) 2015 Parapan American Games

See also

References


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