Melissa Humana-Paredes
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| Hometown | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | York University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melissa Humana-Paredes (born October 10, 1992) is a Canadian beach volleyball player, who is partnered with Brandie Wilkerson.[1][2] Humana-Paredes won the women's gold medal with Sarah Pavan at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships.[3]
Early life
Born in
Volleyball career
In 2011, she won a silver medal at the
Humana-Paredes competed at several Grand Slam and World Cup events, reaching the round of 16 at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships[10] and the semi-finals at the 2015 Pan American Games.[11] From August 23–28, 2016, she competed with Pischke at the Long Beach, California, Grand Slam.[12] Playing in Pool-A, they lost to Maria Antonelli and Lili of Brazil (21–11, 23–21), and April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States (21–16, 21–17) in straight sets. Playing against Carol and Ana Patrícia of Brazil, they won in straight sets (21–19, 26–24), placing them in 3rd in Pool-A.
Humana-Paredes and Pavan won the gold medal at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships, defeating the American team of April Ross and Alix Klineman in straight-sets 2-0 (23-21, 23-21); for Canada's first medal ever at the event. This victory automatically qualified the Canadian pair for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.[3] They achieved further success on the FIVB tour that summer with additional tournament wins at the Edmonton Open in late July,[13] and at the Vienna Major in early August.[14] These FIVB tour wins were followed by success on the AVP tour, with additional championship wins over Ross and Klineman at both the Manhattan Beach Open in mid-August[15] and the Hawaii Open in late September.[16]
Humana-Paredes and Pavan were named to the Canadian Olympic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which the COVID-19 pandemic caused to be delayed until 2021. The two went undefeated during pool play, winning every set. Entering the knockout rounds as the top seed, they defeated Spaniards Liliana/Baquerizo in the Round of 16.[17] In the quarter final, a rematch of the Commonwealth Games final with Australians Clancy/Artacho del Solar, they lost two sets to one and were eliminated from the tournament.[18]
Accolades
- Champion, 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships - Hamburg (representing Canada, with Sarah Pavan)
- Champion, 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Winner (representing Canada, with Sarah Pavan)
- FIVB Team of the Year 2019 (with Sarah Pavan)
- FIVB Best Defensive Player, 2019
- FIVB Best Setter, 2018 & 2019
- AVP Best Defensive Player, 2019
- AVP Newcomer of the Year, 2019
- FIVB Most Improved Player, 2017
- FIVB Top Rookie, 2014
University
- 2012-13 OUA First-Team All-star
- 2011-12 OUA First-Team All-star
- 2011-12 CISSecond Team All-Canadian
- 2012 York Lions Female Athlete of the Year[19]
References
- ^ Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes: Canada's 'ultimate dream team' reunite for Olympic beach volleyball quest
- ^ "Players Details: Melissa Humana-Paredes". Beach Volleyball Major Series. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Couto, Melissa (July 6, 2019). "Canada earns spot in Olympics as Pavan, Humana-Paredes take beach volleyball gold". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias.asp?id=164187
- ^ La hija de chilenos que defiende a Canadá y brilla en Toronto (in Spanish)
- ^ "Canadians make the most of their time on the beach". thestar.com. July 13, 2015.
- ^ "Melissa Humana-Paredes is York U's 2015 Pan Am hopeful in beach volleyball". York University. June 2, 2015.
- ^ "York honours four seniors after final home game". York Lions. February 9, 2014.
- ^ Canadian beach volleyball pair of Melissa Humana-Paredes, Taylor Pischke threat to win at Pan Am Games — and for years to come
- ^ a b Volleyball lineage flows through Canada’s budding beach duo
- ^ Pischke and Humana-Paredes the future of Canadian beach volleyball
- ^ Team Profile
- ^ "Canadians Melissa Humana Paredes, Sarah Pavan win major beach volleyball event in Edmonton". Global News. The Canadian Press. July 21, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Golden again: Sarah Pavan, Melissa Humana-Paredes top podium at Vienna Major". CBC Sports. CBC. July 6, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Zupke, Curtis (August 18, 2019). "Canadian duo Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes take Manhattan Beach Open title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Mewhirter, Travis (September 23, 2019). "AVP Hawai'i: Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan have earned their Mai Tais". VolleyballMag.com. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Canadian beach volleyballers Pavan, Humana-Paredes remain perfect, advance to quarters". CBC Sports. CBC. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Pavan, Humana-Paredes eliminated in Olympic beach volleyball quarter-finals". CBC Sports. CBC. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- ^ "2011-12 York Award Winners". yorkulions.ca. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
External links
- Melissa Humana-Paredes at the Association of Volleyball Professionals
- Melissa Humana-Paredes at Volleyball Canada
- Melissa Humana-Paredes at FIVB beach volleyball database
- Melissa Humana-Paredes at Beach Volleyball Database
- Melissa Humana-Paredes at Olympics.com
- Melissa Humana-Paredes at Olympedia
- Melissa Humana-Paredes at the Canadian Olympic Committee
Commonwealth champions in women's beach volleyball | |
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