Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro) is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation.
Behar is Jewish. She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the Brazilian women's national indoor volleyball squad. Pairing with Shelda Bede, she has won more than 30 international tournaments of beach volleyball as well as two Olympic medals.
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“I have a huge need for financial security; the emigrant in me has a fear of ending up homeless and in the gutter.”
—Ruth Behar (b. 1956)