Tandara Caixeta
Tandara Alves Caixeta (born Brasilia, 30 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Brazil women's national volleyball team and for Sesc-Rio in the Brazilian Superliga. She competed for Brazil in the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal.[1] She is 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) tall. She is the daughter of Evaldo Caixeta, a former amateur player with Banco do Brasil Athletic Association. At the age of nine, after trying many different sports, she saw a TV advert and decided to go to a volleyball trial.
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Full name | Tandara Alves Caixeta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brasília, DF, Brazil | 30 October 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 297 cm (117 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite Spiker / Outside Spiker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | SESC Rio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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In 2011, she was selected for the Brazil team for the first time and won gold in the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, before becoming an Olympic champion in London in 2012. She has twice been the top scorer in the Brazilian Women's Superliga. She is known for breaking records in the Brazilian Superliga. In the 2013/2014 season, she broke the record of most points in a match, she scored 37 points. In the 2017/2018 season, she broke her own record, scoring 39 points, as well scoring 626 points in the season, as this also being the highest mark in the country. Again in the 2019/2020 season, she broke her record, scoring unbelievable 40 points in 4 sets, as this being the highest mark in the history of volleyball in the brazilian courts.
Caixeta won the 2017 South American Championship Most Valuable Player award.[2] She later won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup Best Opposite Spiker award.[3]
Clubs
A.D. Brusque (2005–2007) Grêmio de Vôlei Osasco (2007–2008) E.C. Pinheiros (2008–2009) A.D. Brusque (2009–2010) Vôlei Futuro (2010–2011) Sollys Osasco (2011–2012) SESI-SP (2012–2013) Vôlei Amil Campinas (2013–2014) Praia Clube (2014–2015) Minas Tênis Clube (2015–2016) Nestle Osasco (2016-2018) Guangdong Evergrande (2018–2019) SESC Rio (2019-2020) Osasco/Audax (2020-)
Awards
Individuals
- 2012–13 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Scorer"
- 2013–14 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Scorer"
- 2013–14 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Server"
- 2016–17 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Scorer"
- 2016–17 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Server"
- 2017 South American Championship – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – "Best Opposite Spiker"
- 2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Scorer"
- 2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Spiker"
- 2018 FIVB Nations League – "Best Opposite Spiker"
Clubs
- 2007–08 Brazilian Superliga –
Runner Up, with Molico Osasco - 2011–12 Brazilian Superliga –
Champion, with Sollys Nestlé - 2016–17 Brazilian Superliga –
Runner Up, with Vôlei Nestlé
References
- "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
- "Brasil suma su 20º título y clasifica al mundial de Japón en el Sudamericano EN EL SUDAMERICANO DE CALI". CSV (in Spanish). 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- "China clinch second FIVB World Grand Champions Cup title". Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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Preceded by |
Most Valuable Player of South American Championship 2017 |
Succeeded by TBD |
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Best Opposite Spiker of World Grand Champions Cup 2017 |
Succeeded by TBD |
Preceded by - |
Best Opposite Spiker of FIVB Nations League 2018 |
Succeeded by TBD |