Women’s Olympic Team
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Alessandra M. de Oliveira - Pivot
- Date of birth: 10.07.81 (25)
- Location: Rio de Janeiro - RJ
- Weight & Height: 78kg / 1m85
- Club: No Club
- Titles: Participation in three World Championships and in the Sidney Olympics.
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Aline Silva Santos - Left Guard
- Date of birth: 08.17.81 (25)
- Location: Rio de Janeiro - RJ
- Altura: 1m94
- Club: Almeria (Vicar-Goya) – ESP
- Titles: Participation in the 2003 World Championship in Croatia. Top striker of the 2003 National League (134 goals) and top striker of the Spanish League’s First Division.
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Ana Carolina Amorim - Point Guard
- Date of birth: 04.01.83 (23)
- Weight & Height: 71kg / 1m82
- Club: Eurostand - Macedonia
- Titles: Participation in one World Championship and in one edition of the Olympic Games.
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Chana Franciela Masson - Goalkeeper
- Date of birth: 12.18.78 (28)
- Location: Capinzal - SC
- Weight & Height: 74kg / 1m83
- Club: FCK Handbold - DEN
- Titles: Two-time champion of the Pan American Games (Winnipeg and Santo Domingo), two participations in Olympic Games (Sidney and Athens), and three participations in World Championships.
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Fabiana Carvalho C. Diniz - Pivot
- Date of birth: 05.13.81 (25)
- Location: Guaratinguetá - SP
- Weight & Height: 67kg / 1m83
- Club: Mauá / Universo - RJ
- Titles: Pan American Champion; and Santo Domingo Pan American Game champion. Participation in two World Championships and in one edition of the Olympic Games.
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Fabiana Kuestner - Power Guard
- Date of birth: 04.15.81 (25)
- Location: Blumenau - SC
- Weight & Height: 63kg / 1m75
- Club: AD Blumaneu – SC
- Titles: South American juvenile and junior champion. She participated in the Athens Olympics.
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Idalina Borges Mesquita - Left Forward
- Date of birth: 07.02.78 (28)
- Location: São Gonçalo - RJ
- Club: Mauá / Universo – RJ
- Titles: Two-time Pan American Game and two-time Pan American champion. She participated in two Olympic Games and in six World Championships.
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Jacqueline Oliveira Santana - Goalkeeper
- Date of birth: 10.30.79 (27)
- Location: São Paulo - SP
- Weight & Height: 69kg / 1m76
- Club: Cementos La Union Ribarroja – SPA
- Titles: Junior Pan American Champion and participation in the World Junior Championship (1999).
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Lucila Vianna da Silva - Left Guard
- Date of birth: 07.03.76 (30)
- Location: Rio de Janeiro - RJ
- Weight & Height: 68kg / 1m74
- Club: Cementos La Union Ribarroja - SPA
- Titles: Two-time champion of the Pan American Games (Winnipeg and Santo Domingo), one participation in the Olympic Games, and three participations in World Championships.
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Silvia Helena Araújo Pinheiro - Right/Left Guard
- Date of birth: 01.11.81 (24)
- Location: São Luis - MA
- Weight & Height: 73kg / 1m78
- Club: CDES Gil Eannes – POR
- Titles: Three-time Pan American champion, two-time South American champion, and participation in two World Championships.
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Juan Oliver Coronado - Manager
- Oliver was born in Madrid on March 22 1956. His passion for handball started when he was yet a child and started playing in 1966. He holds an undergraduate degree from the Instituto Nacional de Educación Física y Deportes, in 1979, and a Master’s in handball from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He has managed several handball teams in Spain and was the president of that country’s Referee Federation from 1986 to 1988. Furthermore, he managed Spanish state and national teams in different categories. He was world champion with the Adult Women’s National Team, in 1993, in Denmark. Internationally, he coordinated several handball courses and has assisted the Brazilian Handball Confederation for three years as a technical consultant.
