Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. She played in the Brazilian national team.

Career

She was born in 1981 in

Limeira Limeira is a city in the eastern part of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The population is 308,482 (2020 est.) in an area of 581 km2. The elevation is 588 m. It is 154 km from São Paulo, the state capital, and 1011 km from ...

(São Paulo) but she soon moved to

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

where she grew up. She moved to Austria in 2004. In 2012, she was the first Brazilian handballer to be voted

IHF World Player of the Year The IHF World Player of the Year is a handball award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season, both at club and international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media a ...

. In 2016, she was chosen for the third time to be in Brazil's Olympic handball team. She was the top scorer in her first two games.Best in world in 2012, Alexandra Nascimento dreams of winning a medal at Rio 2016
, Rio 2016, Retrieved 5 August 2016

Achievements

*Austrian League: **''Winner'': 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *Austrian Cup: **''Winner'': 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *

Romanian League The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: **''Finalist'':

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*Romanian Cup: **''Winner'': 2015 *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: **''Finalist'': 2008 **''Semifinalist'': 2005, 2007, 2009 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

**''Winner'': 2013 **''Runners-up'':

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

* EHF Champions Trophy **''Runners-up'': 2008 *

Baia Mare Champions Trophy The Baia Mare Champions Trophy ( ro, Trofeul Campionilor Baia Mare) was a one-off pre-season international women's team handball tournament for clubs, held in Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; ...

: **''Winner'':

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

: **''Winner'':

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

: **''Winner'':

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Pan American Championship A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...

: **''Winner'': 2003, 2005,

**''Silver Medalist'':

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South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships * ATP Buenos Aires, a tennis ...

: **''Winner'': 2013 *Provident Cup: **''Winner'': 2013

Awards and recognition

Top Scorer:

Second Best Scorer:

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* All-Star Right Wing of the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

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* IHF World Player of the Year – Women: 2012 * Austrian Handball Federation Right Wing of the Year – Women: 2013 *

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

Personal life

Since July 2011, she is married to

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an international handballer, Patricio Martínez.

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