Maria Odeth Tavares (born 18 August 1976) is a retired

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

team 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 ...

goalkeeper. She is 5'7" and 165 lbs and last played for

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 ...

2009 World Cup

Odeth Tavares was the top goalkeeper at the 2009 Women's World Cup in China.

Summer Olympics

Tavares wore the #1 jersey with

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at the

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and

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 ...

Summer olympics.

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Odete Tavares
Yahoo! Sport 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Benguela Angolan female handball players Olympic handball players for Angola Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Angola African Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games {{Angola-handball-bio-stub