CABRAL BARBOSA Alexandrina

Date of Birth: 5 May 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: LISBON

Birth Country:

Portugal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women ESP Spain	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #05 ESP Spain 24 SWE Sweden 31	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #12 FRA France 25 ESP Spain 28	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #14 ESP Spain 27 BRA Brazil 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #23 HUN Hungary 29 ESP Spain 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #27 ESP Spain 31 ROC ROC 34	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Japan
9	Women	2013	Serbia
11	Women	2017	Germany
12	Women	2015	Denmark

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Women	2016	Sweden

Shandy (marca.com, 12 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Partner Jesus, son Jesus [2019]

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

CSM Bucuresti [Romania]

Carlos Viver [national], ESP

Position style:

Left back (rfebm.com, 12 Jul 2021)

She sustained an anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] injury in her left knee during a Champions League match in November 2020. The injury prevented her from competing at the 2020 European Championship in Denmark. She came back to competition in July 2021. (marca.com, 12 Jul 2021; marca.com, 16 Nov 2020)

She had surgery in October 2018 due to an injury in her right hand. (elperiodico.com, 29 Nov 2019)

She fractured a finger on her right hand in 2014. (handlfh.org, 14 Feb 2015; handzone.net, 04 Nov 2014)

National league:

Liga Nationala [ROU] (marca.com, 03 Jun 2021)

She began playing handball at age nine in Carnaxide, Portugal. (botebalonmano.com, 22 Dec 2013)

There was a youth association in her neighbourhood that aimed to encourage young people to play handball. She and her sisters went along, initially just to pass the time. "Little by little I began to like it. It is a complete sport in which every player must be a good defender and a good attacker." (botebalonmano.com, 22 Dec 2013; noticias.sapo.cv, 04 Feb 2010)

Montenegrin handball player Bojana Popovic. (botebalonmano.com, 22 Dec 2013)

Her partner Jesus. (shandybarbosa.com, 12 Jul 2021)

She was named in the All-Star team at the 2019 World Championship in Japan as the tournament's best left back. (deportecienporcien.com, 16 Dec 2019)

She was named Best Left Back of the French Women's Handball Championship [FRA] in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons. (shandybarbosa.com, 12 Jul 2021)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2013/14 Bundesliga season in Germany. (handlfh.org, 14 Feb 2015)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2011/12 Division de Honor Femenina in Spain. (shandybarbosa.com, 12 Jul 2021)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2008/09 Liga Nationala season in Romania. (shandybarbosa.com, 12 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
UPCOMING TRANSFER
In June 2021 it was announced she would join Romanian side Gloria Bistrita for the 2021/22 season. (marca.com, 03 Jun 2021)

RETURN FOR TOKYO
She only returned to the national team a few weeks before the start of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her left knee in November 2020. "The day I was injured the world fell on me, but the next day the doctor told me I could get there [2020 Olympic Games], so my goal was to have a quick operation and start my rehabilitation as soon as possible. Luckily, I could be at home and everything went well. Doing the rehabilitation with the family by my side has given me the strength to continue, and now I know I will be able to compete at the Olympic Games." (marca.com, 12 Jul 2021; estadiodeportivo.com, 21 Jun 2021)

MOTHERHOOD
She gave birth to her son Jesus in 2019. "Being an athlete and a mother is not easy. But if we do not fight to change this ourselves, no one is going to do it. It can be combined [sport and motherhood], but it is true that it is very complicated because in the end you are not with your son as much as you would like to. In my case, I am very lucky because my husband is involved in being a father. I wanted to show that it is possible to be a mother and play at a high level. You have to be very well organised and it is a lot of sacrifice, but everything is possible." (shandybarbosa.com, 12 Jul 2021; estadiodeportivo.com, 21 Jun 2021; elperiodico.com, 29 Nov 2019)

FROM PORTUGAL TO SPAIN
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, she initially represented her country of birth before switching her sporting allegiance to Spain in 2012. She was granted Spanish citizenship in June 2012. "The main reason I asked for the Spanish citizenship was a sporting one. With Portugal I did not have the chance to play at the world and European championships, or the Olympic Games. I have that chance with Spain and I want to take advantage of it." (rtp.pt, 23 Dec 2014; publico.pt, 19 Dec 2014; botebalonmano.com, 22 Dec 2013; masdeporte.as.com, 31 Oct 2012; rfebm.net, 30 Oct 2012)

NUMBER 86
She wears the No.86 jersey number because it is her year of birth. (handlfh.org, 14 Feb 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/alexandrina.barbosa.1
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ShandyBarbosa86/
https://instagram.com/shandybarbosa86/
https://twitter.com/shandybarbosa86
Athlete Website: https://www.shandybarbosa.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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