Alexandra do Nascimento

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is do Nascimento and the second or paternal family name is Martínez.
Alexandra do Nascimento
do Nascimento in 2016
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez
Born (1981-09-16) 16 September 1981 (age 43)
Limeira, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right wing
Senior clubs
Years Team
 Jundiai
–2003
 Brazil Guarulhos
2003–2014
 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich
2014–2016
 Romania HCM Baia Mare
2016–2017
 Hungary Váci NKSE
2017–2019
 Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC
2019–2020
 Hungary Érd NK
2020–2022
 France Bourg-de-Péage DHB
2022–
 Spain CB Elche
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2021
 Brazil 212 (733)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Serbia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Dominican Republic Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2005 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2007 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dominican Republic
Silver medal – second place 2009 Chile
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Argentina

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

Awards and recognition

Personal life

Since July 2011, she is married to Chilean international handballer, Patricio Martínez.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Alexandra do Nascimento Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ 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
  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.