TEIXEIRA Henrique

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men	2019
16	Men	2017	France
16	Men	2015	Qatar
18	Men	2021	Egypt

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2018	Greenland

Athlete

English, Portuguese, Spanish

CSM Bucuresti [Romania] since 2018

Eliodor Voica [club], ROU; Marcus Oliveira [national], BRA

Centre back (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 23 Feb 2021)

His father Dourivaldo Teixeira represented Brazil in handball in the 1980s. (ofatomaringa.com.br, 15 Jan 2020)

Liga Nationala [ROU] (frh.ro, 10 May 2021; csmbucuresti.ro, 04 Jun 2018)

He began playing handball in 2001. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

He took up the sport after watching the 2001 World Championship in France. His father was also a member of the Brazilian handball squad. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

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

Being part of the Brazilian team that beat Germany in the group stage at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "It was a landmark to beat the German team for the first time, who is always favourite and a reference for the sport in the world. We have defeated other great teams such as Poland and Russia, but winning against Germany at the Olympics was even better because it was on home soil." (opresente.com.br, 28 Jul 2017)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, French handball player Nikola Karabatic, Croatian handball player Ivano Balic. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015; bmgranollers.cat, 2015)

"You're as big as your dreams." (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)