Tande
| Alexandre Samuel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alexandre Ramos Samuel | ||
| Nickname | Tande | ||
| Born | March 20, 1970 (age 55) Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Volleyball information | |||
| Position | Outside hitter | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| National team | |||
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Alexandre Ramos Samuel (born 20 March 1970), also known as Tande, is a Brazilian former volleyball player.[1][2][3] He began playing volleyball for the Botafogo team when he was 12 years old.
Tande won a gold medal with the Brazilian national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[4] In 1995, he finished in fifth place with the Brazilian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[4]
Tande won a silver medal with Brazil at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana.[4]
Beach volleyball
In 1997, Tande switched to beach volleyball and partnered with his former teammate, Giovane Gavio.
References
- ^ Bondy, Filip (8 August 1992). "Barcelona: Volleyball; The Bald Eagle Is Flying a Little Lower". The New York Times. sec. 1 p. 31. Retrieved 25 September 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ "Biography - Alexandre Samuel". Jornaldovolei (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Tande [Alexandre Ramos Samuel]". Biografiasyvidas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Tande". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
External links
- Tande at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Tande at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
- Alexandre Samuel at Olympics.com
- Alexandre Samuel at Olympic.org (archived)
- Tande (Alexandre Ramos Samuel) at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net profile
- tandedobrasil.sites.uol.com.br at the Wayback Machine (archived July 15, 2003)
- Media related to Tande at Wikimedia Commons