Alexandra do Nascimento

Alexandra do Nascimento
Alexandra do Nascimento
	do Nascimento in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez
Born	16 September 1981 (age 43); Limeira, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	Jundiai
0000–2003	Guarulhos
2003–2014	Hypo Niederösterreich
2014–2016	HCM Baia Mare
2016–2017	Váci NKSE
2017–2019	Alba Fehérvár KC
2019–2020	Érd NK
2020–2022	Bourg-de-Péage DHB
2022–	CB Elche
National team
Years	Team
1998–2021	Brazil
Medal record
World Championship
Pan American Games
Pan American Championship
South American Championship

Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team.^[1]

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:
- Winner: 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
World Championship:
- Winner: 2013
Pan American Championship:
- Winner: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013
- Silver Medalist: 2009
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. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b Best in world in 2012, Alexandra Nascimento dreams of winning a medal at Rio 2016 Archived 9 August 2016 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. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

External links

Alexandra do Nascimento at the European Handball Federation
Alexandra do Nascimento at Olympedia
Alexandra do Nascimento at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)

[1] "Alexandra do Nascimento Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[o2016-2] Best in world in 2012, Alexandra Nascimento dreams of winning a medal at Rio 2016 Archived 9 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Rio 2016, Retrieved 5 August 2016

[3] "Alexandra do Nascimento and Daniel Narcisse are GRUNDFOS World Handball Players of the Year 2012". International Handball Federation. 8 January 2013.

[4] "Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento profile" (in Portuguese). timebrasil.cob.org.br. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

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