Sandra Pires
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Pires in Berlin, Germany, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1973 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento (born 16 June 1973) is a Brazilian retired beach volleyball player. She won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, partnering with Jackie Silva.
Pires also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Adriana Samuel. She was also the flagbearer at the opening ceremony.
Pires was the flagbearer for the second time at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In her beach volleyball career, Pires won 23 tournaments and $800,000 in prizes.
In 2014, Pires was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.