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Olimpia Lopes DaVeiga
Olimpia Lopes Da Veiga (born 6 May 1985) is a Portuguese team handball player. She plays for the club Thames Handball Club. In the 2011/2012 season she represented the Olympia Handball club at the 2011 Women's EHF Challenge Cup in Oliveira do Bairro (Portugal). Her goal tally during the Challenge Cup was 5 goals. During 2011/2012 she was crowned top goalscorer at Thames HC. In 2014/15 she participated again in the Women's EHF Challenge Cup Round 3 where a highly unusual result of identical scores was recorded on both playing dates References 1985 births Living people {{Portugal-handball-bio-stub People from Alcochete Portuguese female handball players Portuguese people of African descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcochete
Alcochete () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,569, in an area of 128.36 km². The municipality is composed of three parishes and is located in Setúbal District. Alcochete is known for its bullfighting tradition and its proximity to the second-longest bridge in Europe, the Vasco da Gama Bridge. The actual site of present-day Alcochete was already occupied during Ancient Rome, Roman times with a clay production facility. Its name is thought to derive from the Arabic word for oven for reasons not yet understood. It became a vacation site preferred by the Portuguese royalty and the future king Manuel I of Portugal, D. Manuel I was born in the village. It has experienced major development due to the construction of the Vasco da Gama Bridge. On January 10, 2008, Portuguese prime minister José Sócrates announced that Alcochete had been selected as the site of the new Lisbon Airport, new airport serving Lisbon, Portugal's capital. The existing Portel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |