Ana Paula Connelly

Ana Paula Rodrigues Henkel is a female beach volleyball and volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. At her second Olympic appearance she was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's competition. She later started a career in beach volleyball. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. She lives in Los Angeles, California, writes for a Brazilian newspaper, and is studying political science.