DO NASCIMENTO Alexandra

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6	Women	2012	London, GBR
7	Women	2004	Athens, GRE
9	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2013	Serbia
5	Women	2011	Brazil
7	Women	2005	Russian Federation
10	Women	2015	Denmark
14	Women	2007	France
17	Women	2019	Japan
20	Women	2003	Croatia

Ale (Brazil Media Guide, 01 Jan 2003)

Athlete

Husband Patricio Martinez

German, Portuguese, Spanish

Bourg-de-Peage Drome Handball [France] since 2019

Jorge Duenas [national], ESP

Right back, Right wing (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 23 Nov 2019)

Left (hypo.noe.at, 27 Mar 2008)

Her husband Patricio Martinez has represented Chile in handball. He was part of the team that won bronze at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Apr 2016; NOC, 22 Jul 2012)

In 2019 a thigh tendon injury prevented her to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 23 Nov 2019; istoe.com.br, 29 Nov 2019)

In 2017 she sustained a broken cruciate ligament injury in her left knee during a Hungarian championship game. The injury led to her undergoing surgery and being sidelined her for five months. (torcedores.com, 21 Feb 2019; olimpiadatododia.com.br, 23 Nov 2019)

In 2004 she had a crack in her right shinbone that led to her undergoing surgery. She had a titanium rod attached to her tibia bone and was sidelined for three months. (agazeta.com.br, 11 Feb 2018)

She has undergone two keyhole surgeries on her right knee and one in her left knee during her career. She also has sustained a broken toe and several finger dislocations throughout the years. (agazeta.com.br, 11 Feb 2018)

French Women's Handball Championship [FRA] (cbhb.org.br, 12 Jul 2021)

She began playing handball at age 10 at the Juiz Jairo Matos School in Vila Velha, Brazil. (NOC, 22 Jul 2012; agazeta.com.br, 11 Feb 2018)

She used to combine handball and rowing. Her mother then noticed she was developing very broad shoulders and asked her to choose one sport. She chose handball. (Brazil Media Guide, 2003)

US basketball player Michael Jordan. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

"Anything is possible." (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

She was named the 2012 Best Handball Player in the World by the International Handball Federation [IHF]. (globoesporte.globo.com, 08 Jan 2013)