The Most Famous
HANDBALL PLAYERS from Brazil
This page contains a list of the greatest Brazilian Handball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 304 Handball Players, 2 of which were born in Brazil. This makes Brazil the birth place of the 26th most number of Handball Players behind Guadeloupe and Latvia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Brazilian Handball Players of all time. This list of famous Brazilian Handball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Eduarda Amorim (1986 - )
With an HPI of 32.22, Eduarda Amorim is the most famous Brazilian Handball Player. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born 23 September 1986) is a Brazilian-Hungarian former handball player. She played most of her career in Győr as a player of Győri ETO KC, for whom she won five editions of the EHF Champions League. Amorim also played for Brazil women's national handball team for 15 years, winning the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014 by the International Handball Federation. In an election made by the website Handball Planet was elected as the best player in the world of the 2010s, through the popular vote, Duda was considered the best defender of the last ten years. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time.
2. Alexandra do Nascimento (1981 - )
With an HPI of 31.86, Alexandra do Nascimento is the 2nd most famous Brazilian Handball Player. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as handball players born between 1981 and 1986. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living handball players include Eduarda Amorim and Alexandra do Nascimento.
