The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 December 2011.
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team.
Daniela de Oliveira Piedade is a Brazilian handball player. She plays for Spanish team handball HC Puig d'en Valls and for the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska 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.
Darly Zoqbi de Paula is a handballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SCM Craiova. Born in Brazil, she represents Spain at international level.
Croatia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Joelma Patrícia da Cunha Viegas a.k.a. Cajó, is a team handball player from Angola. She plays on the Angola women's national handball team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Isabel Evelize Wangimba Guialo, nicknamed Belinha is an Angolan handball player for Fleury Loiret HB and the Angolan national team.
Cristina Direito Branco a.k.a. Branca is an Angolan handball player for Primeiro de Agosto and Angolan national team.
Louise Katharina Vinter Burgaard is a Danish handballer for Metz Handball and the Danish national team.
Radmila Petrović is a retired Montenegrin handball player. She played for ŽRK Nikšić and ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Montenegro won silver. She won the Champions League in 2012 and 2015.
Ana Đokić is a former Serbian and Montenegrin handball player. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Milena Raičević is a Montenegrin international handballer for Rapid București and the Montenegrin national team.
Kim Jin-Yi is a South Korean handball player. She plays on the South Korean national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Maroua Dhaouadi is a Tunisian team handball player. She plays on the Tunisian national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Fabiana "Dara" Carvalho Carneiro Diniz is a retired Brazilian handball player. She played on the Brazilian national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Dayane Pires da Rocha is a Brazilian handball player for Molde Elite and the Brazilian national team.
Margarete Maria Pioresan, commonly known as Meg, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Brazil women's national football team. She represented Brazil at the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 and 1995 and played in the 1996 Olympics at the age of 40. Earlier in her sporting career Meg had played for the Brazil women's national handball team, winning a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.
Deborah Hannah Pontes Nunes, is a Brazilian handball player. She plays for the Russian club HC Astrakhanochka and is also member of the Brazil women's national handball team.
Patricia Batista da Silva is a Brazilian handball player for Thüringer HC and the Brazilian national team.
