Suellen Cristine Delangelica Lima

Suellen Cristine Delangelica Lima
Personal information
Born (1989-11-04) 4 November 1989
Suzano, Brazil
Volleyball information
Positionopposite spiker
Current teamSesi de Suzano
National team
Brazil

Suellen Cristine Delangelica Lima (born 4 November 1989) is a Brazilian teacher and sitting volleyball player who plays as opposite spiker. She won bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and silver at the 2017 Parapan American Zonal Tournament.

Career

Lima works as a physical education teacher for children aged 6 to 10 and plays sitting volleyball internationally for Brazil.[1] She began playing conventional volleyball aged 12.[1]

Lima first competed at the Paralympics Games at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England. The Brazilian sitting volleyball team came fifth overall.[2]

In 2015, Lima was named Best Sitting Volleyball Player of the Year by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee.[3] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Lima and the Brazilian team won the bronze medal,[2] after defeating Ukraine 3–0.[4][5]

At the 2017 Parapan American Zonal Tournament in Montreal, Canada, Lima and the Brazilian team won silver, placing second to team USA and ahead of team Canada.[3] At the 2019 Parapan American Games

in Lima, Peru, she again won silver with the team.[6] Lima did not compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, as she was focusing on her family and gave birth to a son named Murilo. She returned to the sport after his birth.[2]

In the Brazilian team's first match of the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, Lima contributed 23 points towards the match win, including 12 attacks and nine aces.[7] The team eventually came fourth in the tournament.[1]

At the 2025 Parapan American Zonal Tournament in Denver, Colorado, United States, Lima was named as Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament.[1]

As of 2024, Lima has won 17 Brazilian Championship titles.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "DEDICAÇÃO – Professora de Suzano é destaque na seleção brasileira de vôlei sentado". Rede Digital News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Suellen wants golden comeback at the Paralympics". World ParaVolley. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Cristine Delangelica Lima - Sitting Volleyball Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Delangelica Lima aims to keep improving". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Brasil vence Ucrânia e conquista o bronze no vôlei sentado feminino". Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 September 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Lima 2019: USA and Brazil crowned sitting volleyball champions". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Suellen serves way for Brazil's opening win at Paris 2024". World ParaVolley. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Conheça Suellen Lima, atleta de vôlei sentado, 17 vezes campeã brasileira e medalhista de bronze". Mídia NINJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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