Sandra Pires (born 16 June 1973) is a Brazilian retired beach volleyball player. She won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, partnering with Jackie Silva.[1]
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 Pires in Berlin, Germany, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1973 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pires also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 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.[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
edit- ^ a b c "Sandra Pires Tavares". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Sandra Pires". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Sandra Pires". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sandra Pires (beach volleyball player).
- 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)
