Nathalie Filomena

Nathalie Filomena de Lima Silva (born 13 April 1990) is a Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player.

Biography and career Filomena is from Jacareí, São Paulo. She was born with a plexobranchial lesion in her left arm and had impaired movement, in addition to being born with mild paralysis on that same side.

Filomena was a member of the Brazilian women's sitting volleyball team at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, where she won a silver medal. At the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, she won a silver medal again after losing to the United States team 3–0. 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 3–1.

In November 2022, Filomena won the World Championship with the Brazilian national team in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, after a 3–2 victory over Canada.