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
Gold medal – first placeYamoussoukro 1998
Gold medal – first placeTunis 2000
Silver medal – second placeCotonou 2002
African Championship
Gold medal – first placeCasablanca 2002Team
Gold medal – first placeCairo 2004Team
Gold medal – first placeTunis 2006Team
Gold medal – first placeLuanda 2008Team MVP
Gold medal – first placeCairo 2010Team
Gold medal – first placeSalé 2012Team
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first placeMaputo 2011Team
African Champions League
Gold medal – first placeBenin City 2001Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first placeAbidjan 2005Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first placeAbidjan 2006Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first placeCotonou 2007Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first placeCasablanca 2008Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first placeYaoundé 2009Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first placeCasablanca 2010Petro Atlético
Silver medal – second placeTangier 20121º de Agosto
Gold medal – first placeTunis 20141º de Agosto
Gold medal – first placeNador 20151º de Agosto

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete Biography: De ALMEIDA Nair Filipe Pires". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on September 9, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2008.


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