Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel (born 22 June 1983), frequently referred to as just Ágatha, is a Brazilian international beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker.^[3] She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas.^[2]

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Ágatha Bednarczuk
Bednarczuk at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1983-06-22) 22 June 1983 (age 40)
Hometown	Curitiba, Brazil[1]
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate Eduarda Lisboa
Previous teammates
Years Teammate 2005 2006–2008 2010 2013 2012, 2014–2017 Sandra Pires Shaylyn Bede Raquel Pellucci Maria Antonelli Bárbara Seixas
Honours Women's beach volleyball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Beach World Championships 2015 The Hague Beach Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Beach

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Born in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, to Maria José Vagnoni Moscardi and Alfredo Bednarczuk, a family of Polish and Italian ancestry, Agatha started competing in the city of Paranaguá. She became famous after competing at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships. She was part of the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008 and 2012. Bednarczuk also competed at the 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships and was on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas.^[4] This qualified her to represent Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Ágatha and her partner Bárbara beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of United States, in straight sets of (22–20), (21–18) in the 2016 Rio Olympic semifinal. The pair then lost to Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst.^[2]