Palmira Barbosa

Palmira Barbosa

Personal information
Born	(1961-11-25) November 25, 1961 Luanda, Angola
Nationality	Angolan
Career information
Playing career	1985–2002
Career history
1985-1988	Ferroviário de Luanda
1989–2000	Petro Atlético
2000–2002	ENANA
Medals Handball Competitor for  Angola African Women's Handball Championship Algiers 1989 Angola Clubs Champions Cup Owerri 1987 Ferroviário

Palmira Mirita de Almeida, born November 25, 1961, is the most notable Angolan and African female 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. She made here debut at world cups in 1990 in South Korea. After that, she 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 newly formed club ENANA.

Achievements

Throughout her brilliant career she conquered 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.^[1]

Politics

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

References

Angola squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 7th place  Anica  M.Gonçalves  Filó  Domingas  Maura  Anabela  Lilí  Palmira  Luzia  Justina  Lia  M.Eduardo  Elisa Head Coach: B.Ferreira