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 Pires in Berlin, Germany, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1973 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sandra Pires (born 16 June 1973, in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired beach volleyball player from Brazil. Pires won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, partnering with Jackie Silva. [1]
Pires also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Adriana Samuel. [1] She was also the flagbearer at the opening ceremony. [2]
Pires was the flagbearer for the second time at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2]
In her beach volleyball career, Pires won 23 tournaments and $800,000 in prizes. [1]
In 2014, Pires was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. [3]
References
- ^ a b c "Sandra Pires Tavares". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Sandra Pires". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Sandra Pires". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
External links
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame Profile
- Sandra Pires at FIVB beach volleyball database
- Sandra Pires at Beach Volleyball Database
- Sandra Pires at Olympedia
- Sandra Pires at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Brazilian women's beach volleyball players
- Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Brazil
- Olympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
- Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Brazilian women