Laiana Batista

Laiana Rodrigues Batista (born 8 May 1982) is a Brazilian sitting volleyball player.

Biography and career Batista is from Manaus, Amazonas. She was already a conventional volleyball player when, at the age of eighteen, she had hemorrhagic dengue fever and the manifestation of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Her legs were paralyzed and her right foot fell off. She discovered the Paralympic sport fifteen years later, at the age of 33. At the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, they again won the silver medal after losing to the United States team by 3 sets to 0. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, the team lost to the United States in the semi-finals, but won the bronze medal after beating Canada by 3 sets to 1.