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Daniela Piedade

Daniela de Oliveira Piedade (born 2 March 1979)[1] is a Brazilian former handball player. She played for the Brazilian national team, where she won the 2013 World Championship; the first for both Brazil and all of South America.[2][3] She also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing[4] and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,[5] and lastly at the 2016 Olympics at home.

Daniela Piedade
Personal information
Full name Daniela de Oliveira Piedade
Born (1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 47)
São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Pivot
Number 5
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2012
 Hypo Niederösterreich
2012–2014
 RK Krim
2014–2016
 Siófok KC
2016–2017
 Alba Fehérvár KC
2017-2018
 HC Puig d'en Valls
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–
 Brazil 191 (342)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2013 Serbia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo DomingoTeam
Gold medal – first place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoTeam
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place2007 Brazil
Gold medal – first place2011 Brazil
Gold medal – first place2013 Dominican Republic
Gold medal – first place2015 Cuba
Silver medal – second place2009 Chile

Career

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Piedade began playing handball in 1993.[6]

Hypo NÖ

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In 2002 she joined Austrian top team Hypo Niederösterreich.[7] For the first 6 months at the club she played for the second team, and she was then promoted to the first team.[8] During her time at the club she won both the Austrian League and the ÖHB Cup in every single season.

In 2008 she reached the final of the EHF Champions League with the club, where they lost to Russian Zvezda Zvenigorod.

RK Krim

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In 2012 she joined Slovenian RK Krim.[9] In September the same year she suffered a stroke shortly before a training match.[10] This forced her to take a break, and she made her comeback in January 2013.[11]

With RK Krim she won the 2013 and 2014 league and cup double.

Hungary

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In 2014 she joined Hungarian Siófok KC.[12]

Two years later she joined league rivals Fehérvár KC.[13]

Puig d'en Valls

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In 2017 she joined Spanish side HC Puig d'en Valls.[14] A year later she retired from handball.

National team

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Piedade won gold medals at the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015.[6][15]

She also represented Brazil at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.

Her biggest triumph came in 2013, when Brazil won the 2013 World Championship.[2]

Achievements

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References

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  1. ↑ "Daniela Piedade Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Brazil World Champions for the first time". ihf.info. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Brazil" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dani Piedade Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Olympics | Olympic Games, Medals, Results & Latest News". Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Dani Piedade". pan.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "20. Frauen-Handball-WM mit starkem Hypo-Flair" (in German). sportnet.at. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE INTRODUCES: Daniela Piedade (Hypo Nö)". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Krim Ljubljana präsentiert weiteren Top-Star" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Schock für Ljubljana - Schlaganfall bei Piedade" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Daniela Piedade is back!". handball-planet.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Balaton-parti szenzáció: brazil világbajnok a siófoki kézilabdacsapatban!" (in Hungarian). Siofok KC. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Brasiliens Routinier beendet Karriere nach Olympischen Spielen" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "DANIELA PIEDADE PRIMERA INCORPORACIÓN DEL HC PUIG DEN VALLS" (in Spanish). deportebalear.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "Women's Gold Medal Match". info.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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