Sandra Pires

Sandra Pires
Pires in Berlin, Germany, 2005
Personal information
Full name	Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento
Born	(1973-06-16) 16 June 1973 (age 51) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Honours Women's beach volleyball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Beach 2000 Sydney Beach World Championships 1997 Los Angeles Beach 2001 Klagenfurt Beach

Sandra Tavares Pires Nascimento (born 16 June 1973) is a Brazilian retired beach volleyball player. She won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, partnering with Jackie Silva.^[1]

Pires also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Adriana Samuel.^[1] She was also the flagbearer at the opening ceremony.^[2]

Pires was the flagbearer for the second time at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

In her beach volleyball career, Pires won 23 tournaments and $800,000 in prizes.^[1]

In 2014, Pires was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.^[3]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sandra Pires (beach volleyball player).

• International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
• Sandra Pires at FIVB.com
• Sandra Pires at Beach Volleyball Database
• Sandra Pires at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
• Sandra Pires at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Marcelo Apovian	Flagbearer for  Brazil Sydney 2000	Succeeded by Mirella Arnhold
Sporting positions
Preceded by  Adriana Samuel and Mônica Rodrigues (BRA)	Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Jackie Silva 1995–1996	Succeeded by  Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)
Preceded by  Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor (USA)	Women's FIVB Beach World Tour Winner alongside Ana Paula Connelly 2003	Succeeded by  Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)