AMORIM TALESKA Eduarda

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6	Women	2012	London, GBR
9	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2013	Serbia
5	Women	2011	Brazil
10	Women	2015	Denmark
14	Women	2007	France
15	Women	2009	People's Republic of China
17	Women	2019	Japan
18	Women	2017	Germany

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Argentina

Duda (Facebook page, 25 Nov 2020)

Travelling. (IHF Instagram profile, 18 Nov 2020)

Athlete, Student

Sports Management - Johan Cruyff Institute

English, Hungarian, Macedonian, Portuguese

Rostov-Don [Russian Federation]

Jorge Duenas [national], ESP

Left back (Facebook page, 19 Jul 2016)

Her older sister Ana Amorim represented Brazil in handball at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (timeoutmag.com, 13 Jul 2016)

In January 2019 she sustained an ankle injury that sidelined her for a month. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 03 Jan 2019)

A fracture in the little finger on her right hand meant she had to miss the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 23 May 2018)

She broke one of her hands in January 2018. She returned to competition two months later. (portalesportenet.com.br, 14 Feb 2018, 23 May 2018)

In 2016 she broke her nose and had to wear a protective mask during games and training until she fully recovered. (lance.com.br, 19 Jul 2016)

In 2015 she tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her knee and was sidelined for six months. (torcedores.com, 31 May 2016)

Super League [RUS] (cbhb.org.br, 12 Jul 2021)

She took up the sport at age 12. (eduardaamorim.com, 28 Feb 2012)

She used to watch her sister during competitions and became interested in the sport. "At age 13 or 14 I only dreamt of becoming a professional player. Once I moved to Europe at age 19 I already dreamt about becoming one of the best left backs in the world, even when nobody believed it." (eduardaamorim.com, 28 Feb 2012; istoe.com, 13 Jan 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win seven Champions League titles. (istoe.com.br, 13 Jan 2020)

Brazilian volleyball coach Bernardinho, French handball player Nikola Karabatic. (cob.org.br, 15 Jul 2015)

"I have always been dedicated and ambitious. In my opinion you need to profit as much as you can from your career." (istoe.com, 13 Jan 2020)

In 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020 she was named Best Defender of the Champions League. (torcedores.com, 31 May 2016; eduardaamorimoficial.com.br, 25 May 2016; globoesporte.globo.com, 12 May 2019, 06 Jun 2020)

She was named Player of the Year by the European Handball Federation [EHF] in 2019. (globoesporte.globo.com, 10 Jan 2020)

She was named Best Defender of the Year for 2017 by the website Handball Planet. (portalesportenet.com.br, 14 Feb 2018)

She took part in the Olympic torch relay in Blumenau, Brazil, ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (timeoutmag.com, 13 Jul 2016)

In 2014 she was named World Player of the Year by the International Handball Federation [IHF]. (rio2016.com, 27 Feb 2015)

She was named the 2014 and 2018 Handball Player of the Year by the Brazilian Olympic Committee [COB]. (rio2016.com, 16 Dec 2014; nsctotal.com.br, 20 Nov 2018)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2013 World Championship in Serbia. (rio2016.com, 27 Feb 2015)