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

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
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	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2021	Brazil	212	(733)
Medal record World Championship 2013 Serbia Pan American Games 2003 Dominican Republic Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team Pan American Championship 2003 Brazil 2005 Brazil 2007 Brazil 2011 Brazil 2013 Dominican Republic 2009 Chile South American Championship 2013 Argentina

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

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

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)