Alexandra do Nascimento
| Alexandra do Nascimento | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento | ||
| Born |
16 September 1981 Limeira, Brazil | ||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Jundiai | |||
–2003 | Guarulhos | ||
2003–2014 | Hypo Niederösterreich | ||
2014–2016 | HCM Baia Mare | ||
2016–2017 | Váci NKSE | ||
2017–2019 | Alba Fehérvár KC | ||
2019–2020 | Érd NK | ||
2020- | Bourg-de-Péage DHB | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998- | Brazil | 177 | (694) |
Medal record | |||
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento (born 16 September 1981)[1] is a Brazilian female handball player who.
Career
She was born in 1981 in Limeira (São Paulo) but she soon moved to Espírito Santo where she grew up. She moved to Austria in 2004.[2]
In 2012, she was the first Brazilian handballer to be voted IHF World Player of the Year.[3]
In 2016, she was chosen for the third time to be in Brazil's Olympic handball team. She was the top scorer in her first two games.[2]
Achievements
- Austrian League:
- Winner: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Austrian Cup:
- Winner: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Romanian League:
- Finalist: 2015
- Romanian Cup:
- Winner: 2015
- EHF Champions League:
- Finalist: 2008
- Semifinalist: 2005, 2007, 2009
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup
- Winner: 2013
- Runners-up: 2004
- EHF Champions Trophy
- Runners-up: 2008
- Baia Mare Champions Trophy:
- Winner: 2014
- Pan American Games:
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2013
- Pan American Championship:
- South American Championship:
- Winner: 2013
- Provident Cup:
- Winner: 2013
Awards and recognition
- World Championship Top Scorer: 2011
- World Championship Second Best Scorer: 2013
- EHF Champions League Second Best Scorer: 2010
- All-Star Right Wing of the Summer Olympics: 2012
- IHF World Player of the Year – Women: 2012
- Austrian Handball Federation Right Wing of the Year – Women: 2013
- Most Valuable Player Pan American Championship: 2013
Personal life
Since July 2011, she is married to Chilean international handballer, Patricio Martínez.[4]
References
- ^ "Alexandra do Nascimento Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ a b Best in world in 2012, Alexandra Nascimento dreams of winning a medal at Rio 2016 Archived 2016-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, Rio 2016, Retrieved 5 August 2016
- ^ "Alexandra do Nascimento and Daniel Narcisse are GRUNDFOS World Handball Players of the Year 2012". International Handball Federation. 8 January 2013.
- ^ "Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento profile" (in Portuguese). timebrasil.cob.org.br. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
External links
- Alexandra at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Alexandra do Nascimento at the European Handball Federation
- Alexandra do Nascimento at Olympedia
- Alexandra do Nascimento at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
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Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Limeira
- Brazilian female handball players
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Brazil
- Expatriate handball players
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Fehérvár KC players
- Brazilian expatriates in Romania
- CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players
- Handball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Handball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Handball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in handball
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil