Dani Lins | |||||
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Full name | Danielle Rodrigues Lins | ||||
Nationality | Brazil | ||||
Born |
Recife, Brazil |
January 5, 1985 ||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | Osasco | ||||
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Danielle Rodrigues Lins, better known as Dani Lins (born January 5, 1985), is a volleyball player from Brazil, who plays as a setter. She represented her country at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, where they won the gold medal. In 2012, she became an Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Born in Recife, Dani Lins defended for Finasa/Osasco from 2003 to 2005, moving to Pinheiros/Blue Life for the 2005-06 season, then joining Unilever in 2006.
Lins won the bronze medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her team defeated the Swiss club Voléro Zürich, 3-2.
Dani Lins helped her country finish in fourth place at the Pan American Games and in the Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, both played in 2003.Brazilian national team head coach Zé Roberto chose her on August 1, 2009 to replace Fofão as the team captain. She won the FIVB World Grand Prix in 2009.
Lins was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She also won the Best Setter award.