Francine Moraes (born 1 January 1981, in
Sorocaba
Sorocaba () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the eighth-largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, São José dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto. It ...
) is a Brazilian
handballer
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 ...
who plays for
Hypo Niederösterreich
Hypo Niederösterreich (Hypo NÖ) is an Austrian women's handball club, headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf. They are one of the most successful teams on the EHF Champions League, having won the title eight times. They are also former winners of th ...
as a right back. She also plays in the
Brazilian national team, and participated at the
2011 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ...
in Brazil
and the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
.
References
1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sorocaba
Brazilian female handball players
Brazilian expatriate handball players
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Handball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Brazil
Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from São Paulo (state)
21st-century Brazilian women
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