Isabel Salgado
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About
Brazillian volleyball player and coach who played for the Brazilian National Team at the 1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. Her isabelsalgadovolei Instagram has 10,000 followers. She supported other female volleyball stars and posted pictures of herself, including from her playing days. She also advocated for social justice and human rights.
Before Fame
She began playing professional volleyball in 1980, at the age of 20. She participated in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.
Trivia
She acted in the 1998 film How To Be Single in Rio. She passed in November of 2022 from acute respiratory distress syndrome in Sao Paolo.
Family Life
She was married to Thomaz Koch. Her three children, Pedro Solberg Salgado, Maria Clara Salgado and Carolina Solberg Salgado, are all beach volleyball players. She featured photos of her children on her Instagram. She has posted photos of her father to Instagram.
Associated With
In June of 2020 she posted a letter to Ana Paula Henkel to her Instagram.
