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Sandra Pires

1973 - Today

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Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento (born 16 June 1973) is a Brazilian retired beach volleyball player. She won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, partnering with Jackie Silva. Pires also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Adriana Samuel. She was also the flagbearer at the opening ceremony. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Sandra Pires is the 116th most popular volleyball player, the 1,480th most popular biography from Brazil and the 20th most popular Brazilian Volleyball Player.

Sandra Pires is most famous for being a Brazilian beach volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics alongside her partner, Jackie Silva. She is recognized as one of the pioneers of women's beach volleyball in Brazil.

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Sandra Pires ranks 117 out of 199. Before her are Fofão, Jaqueline Carvalho, Luigi Mastrangelo, Danielle Scott-Arruda, Tsvetan Sokolov, Emanuele Birarelli, and Stefana Veljković. After her are Simona Gioli, Stéphane Antiga, Sean Rooney, Michał Kubiak, and Simone Giannelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Sandra Pires ranks 959. Before her are Karim Tulaganov, Aitor Osa, Nadia Khiari, Sabri Jaballah, Antônio Monteiro Dutra, and Sonny Sandoval. After her are Nelson Abeijón, Takayuki Nishigaya, Yelena Rudkovskaya, Gala León García, Roberto Fresnedoso, and Joël Chenal.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sandra Pires ranks 1,480 out of 2,236. Before her are Angélica (1973), Leonardo Santiago (1983), Nicholas Santos (1980), Lulinha (1990), Vitinho (1993), and Antônio Monteiro Dutra (1973). After her are Washington Luigi Garcia (1978), Alexandra Araújo (1972), Thiago Mendes (1992), Denni Rocha dos Santos (1982), Raquel Zimmermann (1983), and Carlos Honorato (1974).

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among volleyball players born in Brazil, Sandra Pires ranks 20. Before her are Sheilla Castro (1983), Wallace de Souza (1987), Ana Carolina da Silva (1991), Ricardo Lucarelli (1992), Fofão (1970), and Jaqueline Carvalho (1983). After her are Leandro Vissotto (1983), Nalbert Bitencourt (1974), Marianne Steinbrecher (1983), Fabiana Claudino (1985), Rosamaria Montibeller (1994), and Larissa França (1982).

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