Nair Almeida

Nair Filipe Pires de Almeida (born January 23, 1984 in Lobito, Benguela province), is a retired Angolan handball player. Almeida began her career in a small handball team called Escola de Andebol da Restinga, do Lobito (EARL).[1] She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2005 World Championship. At the 2007 World Championship Angola finished 7th, while Almeida scored 57 goals and was number six on the list of top scorers. She played for Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1]

Nair Almeida
Personal information
Full name Nair Filipe Pires de Almeida
Born (1984-01-23) January 23, 1984
Lobito, Angola
Nationality Angolan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left Back
Club information
Current club Primeiro de Agosto
Number 17
Senior clubs
Years Team
1998-2002
 Escola da Restinga
2002–2004
 ENANA
2004–2011
 Petro Atlético
2011–2016
 Primeiro de Agosto
National team
Years Team
 Angola
Medal record
African Junior Championship
Yamoussoukro 1998
Tunis 2000
Cotonou 2002
African Championship
Casablanca 2002Team
Cairo 2004Team
Tunis 2006Team
Luanda 2008Team MVP
Cairo 2010Team
Salé 2012Team
All-Africa Games
Maputo 2011Team
African Champions League
Benin City 2001Petro Atlético
Abidjan 2005Petro Atlético
Abidjan 2006Petro Atlético
Cotonou 2007Petro Atlético
Casablanca 2008Petro Atlético
Yaoundé 2009Petro Atlético
Casablanca 2010Petro Atlético
Tangier 20121º de Agosto
Tunis 20141º de Agosto
Nador 20151º de Agosto

References
  1. Athlete Biography – De ALMEIDA Nair Filipe Pires – Beijing 2008 Olympics (Retrieved on 4 December 2008)


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