Olimpia Lopes DaVeiga

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Olimpia Lopes Da Veiga
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Personal information
Born (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 39)
Alcochete, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Right Back
Club information
Current club Thames Handball Club
Number 24
Youth career
YearsTeam
1996–2000
S.U. 1º de Dezembro
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2000–2003
S.U. 1º de Dezembro
2005–2006
Cambridge HC
2011–2012
Olympia HC

Olimpia Lopes Da Veiga (born 6 May 1985) is a Portuguese team handball player. She plays for the club Thames Handball Club. [1]

In the 2011/2012 season she represented the Olympia Handball club at the 2011 Women's EHF Challenge Cup [2] in Oliveira do Bairro (Portugal). Her goal tally during the Challenge Cup was 5 goals. During 2011/2012 she was crowned top goalscorer at Thames HC. In 2014/15 she participated again in the Women's EHF Challenge Cup Round 3 [3] where a highly unusual result of identical scores was recorded on both playing dates [4]

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References

  1. "Veteran Eagles swoop past Thames | England Handball". www.englandhandball.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
  2. "OLIMPIA LOPES DA VEIGA - Career & Statistics | EHF".
  3. "EHF Challenge Cup Women". eurohandball.com. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  4. "Identical Results in Two Matches seen in Serbia". eurohandball.com. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2014-11-25.