ELECTED MEMBERS
   
Last NameSportCountryYear Inducted
ADRIANA BEHAR

Sport: Beach Volleyball
Inducted: 2006
Country: Brazil
Born: February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Brazilian beach volleyball star Adriana Behar, teaming with Shelia Bede, won six FIVB (international beach volleyball federation) Tour titles––five consecutive years, 1997–2001, and again in 2004. The pair won World Championships in 1999 and 2001, and was the world’s #1 ranked team in 2000, 2001 and 2004. Behar & Bede were silver medalists at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games––the first repeat medalists in Olympic beach volleyball. Behar ranks 2nd all-time in winnings, with $1,030,563. In addition to 33 tournament victories (in 109 events) Behar-Bede have finished second 26 times, third 21 times and fourth 11 times.

 
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