Cristine "Saka" Santanna (born May 27, 1979) is a Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

 player of Brazil

Brazil

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 birth. She is partnered in the 2008 Summer Olympics with Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins

Andrezza Martins

Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins is a Brazilian beach volleyball player representing Georgia. She is partnered in the 2008 Summer Olympics with Cristine "Saka" Santanna. Their nicknames mean Georgia in Georgian...

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Their nickname

Nickname

A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....

s mean Georgia in Georgian (Sakartvelo).

Santanna and her partner Martins' most notable win came when they defeated a Russian opponent in the Beijing Olympics just days after a war between Georgia and Russia started.

External links

• Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database
  Beach Volleyball Database
  The Beach Volleyball Database is an online website that holds extensive information about international beach volleyball players, tournaments and history. News are frequently updated, and the site has results for continental and international tournaments...