Elzira de Fátima Borges Tavares Barros (born May 13, 1980 in Benguela), is a former Angolan
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. Elzira represented Angola at the
2004 Summer Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in Athens, where Angola finished 9th.
She also participated in the
2009 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). C ...
in
Beijing.
She participated at the
2011 World Women's Handball Championship
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in Brazil.
She is married to
Angolan basketball player
Mílton Barros.
[
She last played for Angolan side ]Primeiro de Agosto
Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball t ...
.
References
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1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Benguela
Angolan female handball players
Olympic handball players for Angola
Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
African Games gold medalists for Angola
African Games medalists in handball
Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games
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