Nair Almeida

Nair Almeida

Personal information
Full name	Nair Filipe Pires de Almeida
Born	January 23, 1984 Lobito, Angola
Nationality	Angolan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Primeiro de Agosto
Number	17
Senior clubs
1998-2002 2002–2004 2004–2011 2011–2016	Escola da Restinga ENANA Petro Atlético Primeiro de Agosto
National team
	Angola
Medal record African Junior Championship Yamoussoukro 1998 Tunis 2000 Cotonou 2002 African Championship Casablanca 2002 Team Cairo 2004 Team Tunis 2006 Team Luanda 2008 Team MVP Cairo 2010 Team Salé 2012 Team All-Africa Games Maputo 2011 Team African Champions League Benin City 2001 Petro Atlético Abidjan 2005 Petro Atlético Abidjan 2006 Petro Atlético Cotonou 2007 Petro Atlético Casablanca 2008 Petro Atlético Yaoundé 2009 Petro Atlético Casablanca 2010 Petro Atlético Tangier 2012 1º de Agosto Tunis 2014 1º de Agosto Nador 2015 1º de Agosto

Nair Filipe Pires de Almeida (born January 23rd, 1984 in Lobito), Benguela province, is a former Angolan handball player who 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. Athlete Biography – De ALMEIDA Nair Filipe Pires – Beijing 2008 Olympics (Retrieved on 4 December 2008)