Elzira Tavares
Encyclopedia
Elzira Tavares is an Angolan handball
player. She plays for the club Atletico Petroleos Luanda as well as the Angolan national team
.
She also participated in the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship
in Beijing
.
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player. She plays for the club Atletico Petroleos Luanda as well as the Angolan national team
Angola women's national handball team
The Angola women's national handball team represents Angola in international handball competitions.- Performance in Olympic Games :* 1996: 7th* 2000: 9th* 2004: 9th* 2008: 12th- Performance in World Championship :* 1990: 16th* 1993: 16th...
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Career
Tavares represented Angola at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, where Angola finished 9th.She also participated in the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship
2009 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship took place from 5 to 20 December 2009 in China. It was the 19th edition of the World Women's Handball Championship and the second that took place outside of Europe.-Venues:...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
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