Alexandra do Nascimento | |
Fullname: | Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez |
Birth Date: | 16 September 1981 |
Birth Place: | Limeira, Brazil |
Height: | 1.77 m |
Position: | Right wing |
Clubs1: | Jundiai |
Years2: | –2003 |
Clubs2: | Guarulhos |
Years3: | 2003–2014 |
Clubs3: | Hypo Niederösterreich |
Years4: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs4: | HCM Baia Mare |
Years5: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs5: | Váci NKSE |
Years6: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs6: | Alba Fehérvár KC |
Years7: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs7: | Érd NK |
Years8: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs8: | Bourg-de-Péage DHB |
Years9: | 2022– |
Clubs9: | CB Elche |
Nationalyears1: | 1998–2021 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil |
Nationalcaps1: | 212 |
Nationalgoals1: | 733 |
Show-Medals: | no |
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team.[1]
She was born in 1981 in Limeira (São Paulo) but she soon moved to Espírito Santo where she grew up. She moved to Austria in 2004.
In 2012, she was the first Brazilian handballer to be voted IHF World Player of the Year.[2]
In 2016, she was chosen for the third time to be in Brazil's Olympic handball team. She was the top scorer in her first two games.[3]
Since July 2011, she is married to Chilean international handballer, Patricio Martínez.[4]