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Olympic Games

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

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Women	2015	Denmark
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

Athlete

Castelo Branco University, Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Husband Daniel

English, Portuguese, Spanish

HC Dunarea Braila [Romania] since 2019

Morten Soubak [club], DEN; Jorge Duenas [national], ESP

Pivot (opopular.com.br, 23 Feb 2016)

Her sister Monique Araujo has represented Brazil in weightlifting and won three gold medals at the 2015 South American Championships in Lima, Peru. (globoesporte.globo.com, 09 Jan 2015; SportsDeskOnline, 08 Apr 2020)

Liga Nationala [ROU] (frh.ro, 22 Feb 2020)

She began playing handball at age nine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (cob.org.br, 01 Jul 2016; esportes.terra.com.br, 18 Jul 2015)

She used to practise athletics but her coach advised her to switch to handball because of her height and physical presence. "Once a handball coach saw me and took me to the team due to my strength and size. From then on I began putting aside athletics and focused only on handball. With time I won scholarships for better schools and opportunities in bigger clubs." (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015; globoesporte.globo.com, 09 Jan 2015)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

French handball player Nikola Karabatic. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

"Dream, never give up. Have faith, because it is not easy. Try until you run out of strength." (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)