Tandara Caixeta

Tandara Caixeta
Grand Prix 2012 in Łódź
portrait
Date of birth	30th October 1988 (age 31)
place of birth	Brasília , Brazil
size	1.84 m
position	Universal
societies
2005–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 since 2011	Associação Desportiva Brusque Osasco Voleibol Clube EC Pinheiros Associação Desportiva Brusque Vôlei Futuro Osasco Voleibol Clube
National team
since 2007	Junior national team A national team
successes
2005 2007 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012	U18 World Champion U20 World Champion Finalist Grand Prix South American Champion Winner Pan American Games Brazilian Champion Olympic Champion
As of August 12, 2012

Tandara Alves Caixeta (born October 30, 1988 in Brasília ) is a Brazilian volleyball player and 2012 Olympic champion .

Career

Caixeta started her career in 2005 at Associação Desportiva Brusque . In the same year she won the U-18 World Cup with the Brazilian youth. In 2007 the title at the U-20 World Cup followed. The universal player also made her debut in 2007 in the senior national team . In the 2007/08 season she played for the Osasco Voleibol Clube before moving to EC Pinheiros in 2008 . In 2009 Caixeta returned to Brusque and in 2010/11 she was under contract with Vôlei Futuro . With the national team, she won the South American Championship and the Pan American Games in 2011 . In addition, Brazil reached the final of the Grand Prix . Since 2011 Caixeta has been playing in Osasco again. With the club she became Brazilian champion in 2012. Then she won the gold medal with Brazil at the Olympic Games in London .

Web links

Commons : Tandara Caixeta  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tandara Caixeta in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)