Tamires Morena Lima de Araújo (born 16 May 1994) is a Brazilian handballer for CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud and the Brazilian national team.[1][2]
Born into a sporting family, her sister Monique is a Brazilian national champion in weightlifting, who also participated at the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships.[3]
Morena Lima initially began with athletics, but a handball coach noticed her height and strength, and saw potential in her in handball. She eventually chose handball and rose through the ranks quickly.[3]
In 2013, she was part of the Brazilian national team that won the South American Championship and a year later she went triumphant with the junior national team at the 2014 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship.
She signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Győri ETO KC in December 2014.[4]
Achievements
- Brazilian National Championship:
- Winner: 2013
- Pan American Championship:
- Winner: 2015
- South American Handball Championship:
- Winner: 2013
- Pan American Junior Championship:
- Winner: 2014
Awards and recognition
- All-Star Line Player of the Junior Pan American Championship: 2014
- Top scorer of the Junior Pan American Championship: 2014
- 2021 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship: All star team Pivot
References
- ^ "EHF profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ Tamires. cob.org.br
- ^ a b Gozzer, Thierry (9 January 2015). "Revelação da seleção, Tamires deixa o Valqueire rumo à Hungria: "Sonho"" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ Szilágyi, Andrea (7 January 2015). "Régi és új erőkkel készül a Győri Audi ETO rövid- és hosszútávon" (in Hungarian). Győri ETO KC official website. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
External links
- Tamires Morena Lima at the European Handball Federation
- Tamires Morena Lima at Olympics.com
- Tamires Morena Lima at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Tamires Morena Lima at Olympedia
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