In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pires and the second or maternal family name is Nascimento.
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 Pires in Berlin, Germany, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1973-06-16) 16 June 1973 (age 51) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento (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.
Pires also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Adriana Samuel. She was also the flagbearer at the opening ceremony.
Pires was the flagbearer for the second time at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In her beach volleyball career, Pires won 23 tournaments and $800,000 in prizes.
In 2014, Pires was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
References
- ^ "Sandra Pires Tavares". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "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
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
- Sandra Pires at FIVB.com
- Sandra Pires at Beach Volleyball Database
- Sandra Pires at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Sandra Pires at Olympedia
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| Preceded byMarcelo Apovian | Flagbearer for  Brazil Sydney 2000 |
Succeeded byMirella Arnhold |
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| Preceded by Adriana Samuel and Mônica Rodrigues (BRA) |
Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Jackie Silva 1995–1996 |
Succeeded by Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA) |
Preceded by Kerri Walsh andMisty May-Treanor (USA) |
Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Ana Paula Connelly 2003 |
Succeeded by Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA) |
| Olympic champions in beach volleyball | |
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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 sportswomen
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees