Sandra Pires
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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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Preceded by | Flagbearer for Brazil Sydney 2000 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by | Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Jackie Silva 1995–1996 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Ana Paula Connelly 2003 | Succeeded by |
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- 1996: Jackie Silva & Sandra Pires (BRA)
- 2000: Natalie Cook & Kerri Pottharst (AUS)
- 2004: Kerri Walsh & Misty May (USA)
- 2008: Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor (USA)
- 2012: Kerri Walsh Jennings & Misty May-Treanor (USA)
- 2016: Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
- 2020: Alix Klineman & April Ross (USA)
- 2024: Ana Patrícia & Duda Lisboa (BRA)
- 1996: Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes (USA)
- 2000: Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana (USA)
- 2004: Ricardo Santos & Emanuel Rego (BRA)
- 2008: Phil Dalhausser & Todd Rogers (USA)
- 2012: Julius Brink & Jonas Reckermann (GER)
- 2016: Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
- 2020: Anders Mol & Christian Sørum (NOR)
- 2024: David Åhman & Jonatan Hellvig (SWE)