Nair Almeida

Nair Almeida
Personal information
Full name Nair Filipe Pires de Almeida
Born (1984-01-23) January 23, 1984 (age 40)
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 place Yamoussoukro 1998
Gold medal – first place Tunis 2000
Silver medal – second place Cotonou 2002
African Championship
Gold medal – first place Casablanca 2002 Team
Gold medal – first place Cairo 2004 Team
Gold medal – first place Tunis 2006 Team
Gold medal – first place Luanda 2008 Team MVP
Gold medal – first place Cairo 2010 Team
Gold medal – first place Salé 2012 Team
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place Maputo 2011 Team
African Champions League
Gold medal – first place Benin City 2001 Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first place Abidjan 2005 Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first place Abidjan 2006 Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first place Cotonou 2007 Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first place Casablanca 2008 Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first place Yaoundé 2009 Petro Atlético
Gold medal – first place Casablanca 2010 Petro Atlético
Silver medal – second place Tangier 2012 1º de Agosto
Gold medal – first place Tunis 2014 1º de Agosto
Gold medal – first place Nador 2015 1º 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]

  1. ^ a b "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.