Tande

Alexandre Samuel
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Ramos Samuel
Nickname Tande
Born March 20, 1970 (1970-03-20) (age 48)
Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)

Alexandre Ramos Samuel (born March 20, 1970), nickname Tande, is a former Brazilian volleyball player. He began playing volleyball for the Botafogo team, when he was 12 years old.

His first major achievement was as a gold medal from the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In 1995, he played with the Brazilian team and got the fifth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In 1997 he switched to beach volleyball, to play with his former teammate, Giovane Gavio. By 1999, was awarded as "the king of the beach".

References

  • tandedobrasil.sites.uol.com.br at the Wayback Machine (archived 2003-07-15)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Tande (Alexandre Ramos Samuel)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
 Zé Marco de Melo
and Ricardo Santos (BRA)
Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner
alongside Brazil Emanuel Rego

2001
Succeeded by
 Martín Conde
and Mariano Baracetti (ARG)


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