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Angolan handball player

Palmira Barbosa
Personal information
Born (1961-11-25) 25 November 1961 (age 63)
Luanda, Angola
NationalityAngolan
Career information
Playing career1985–2002
Career history
1985–1996Ferroviário de Luanda
1996–2000Petro Atlético
2000–2002ENANA
Medals
Handball
Representing  Angola
African Women's Handball Championship
Gold medal – first place Algiers 1989 Angola
Clubs Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place Owerri 1987 Ferroviário

Palmira Leitão de Almeida Barbosa, nicknamed Mirita, born 25 November 1961, is an Angolan handball player. She began her career at Clube Ferroviário de Luanda in the 1980s and in 1996 moved to Petro Atlético. She joined the Angolan handball squad in 1980, making her international debut at the world cup in South Korea in 1990. She has since played three more world cups. In February 2000, at the age of 39, she announced her retirement and her desire to pursue a coaching career. She later reconsidered and played for two more seasons with the newly formed club ENANA.

Achievements

Throughout her career she won 8 Africa club championships with Petro Atlético, 4 African Championships for Angola, 3 all-Africa games titles, as well as participation in 4 world cups and 1 Olympic games (1996).

In 1998, the African Handball Confederation voted her the Best Female Handball Player of all times.

Politics

At present, she is a member of parliament for the ruling party MPLA.

Following the Angolan elections in 2022, she has been appointed as Minister of Sports and Youth.

References

  1. "Palmira retira-se das quadras" (in Portuguese). ANGOP. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. "Ministra Palmira Barbosa recebe hoje as pastas" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Angola. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

External links

Olympic Games
Preceded byJoão N'Tyamba Flagbearer for  Angola
1996 Atlanta 		Succeeded byNádia Cruz
Angola squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 7th place
Angola
Angola Squad – 1989 African Women's Handball Championship – Gold Medal
Clube Ferroviário de Luanda – 1987 African Champions Cup – Gold Medal
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