Tandara Alves Caixeta (born 30 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional

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player. She plays for the

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and for Sesc-Rio in the Brazilian Superliga. She competed for Brazil in the

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, winning a gold medal. She is tall. She is the daughter of Evaldo Caixeta, a former amateur player with Banco do Brasil Athletic Association. At the age of nine, after trying many different sports, she saw a TV advert and decided to go to a volleyball trial. In 2005, she played with

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. In 2005, at the age of 16, she played for ''Brasil Telecom/São Bernardo''. In 2011, she was selected for the Brazil team for the first time and won gold in the

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before becoming an Olympic champion in London in 2012. She has twice been the top scorer in the Brazilian Women's Superliga. She is known for breaking records in the Brazilian Superliga. In the 2013/2014 season, she broke the record for most points in a match; she scored 37 points. In the 2017/2018 season, she broke her own record, scoring 39 points, as well as scoring 626 points in the season, which this also the highest mark in the country. Again in the 2019/2020 season, she broke her record, scoring an unbelievable 40 points in 4 sets, the highest mark in the history of volleyball on the Brazilian courts. Caixeta won the 2017 South American Championship Most Valuable Player award. She later won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup Best Opposite Spiker award. During the

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, she was provisionally suspended for doping ahead of Brazil's

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against

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. Brazil ultimately won the silver medal at the tournament, and though suspended, Caixeta was still listed as a medalist, pending the outcome of the doping investigation. In 2022, she was handed down a 4-year ban from the sport.

Clubs

* A.D. Brusque (2005–2007) *

Grêmio de Vôlei Osasco Osasco Voleibol Clube is a professional women's volleyball club, based in Osasco, São Paulo (state), Brazil. It includes volleyball teams for females of all ages, children through adult. Since the 2021-22 season the club plays under the name Os ...

(2007–2008) * E.C. Pinheiros (2008–2009) * A.D. Brusque (2009–2010) * Vôlei Futuro (2010–2011) * Sollys Osasco (2011–2012) * SESI-SP (2012–2013) * Vôlei Amil Campinas (2013–2014) *

Praia Clube Praia Clube () is a social and sports club from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. It is best known for its professional volleyball teams which play in the Brazilian Women's and Men's Superleague. Women's team Honors International * South American C ...

(2014–2015) *

Minas Tênis Clube Minas Tênis Clube (short, just ''Minas'') is a social, recreational and sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. By 2013, it has more than 73,000 members. Its patrimony comprises two urban units, the Minas I and Minas II, and two country units, ...

(2015–2016) * Nestle Osasco (2016-2018) * Guangdong Evergrande (2018–2019) * SESC Rio (2019-2020) * Osasco/Audax (2020-2022)

Awards

Individuals

* ''2012–13 Brazilian Superliga – "Best scorer"'' * ''2013–14 Brazilian Superliga – "Best scorer"'' * ''2013–14 Brazilian Superliga – "Best server"'' * ''2016–17 Brazilian Superliga – "Best scorer"'' * ''2016–17 Brazilian Superliga – "Best server"'' * '' 2017 South American Championship – "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – "Best opposite spiker"'' * ''2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – "Most valuable player"'' * ''2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – "Best scorer"'' * ''2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – "Best spiker"'' * '' 2018 FIVB Nations League – "Best opposite spiker"'' * '' 2021 FIVB Nations League – "Best opposite spiker"''

Clubs

* 2007–08 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner Up, with Molico Osasco * 2011–12 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Sollys Nestlé * 2016–17 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner Up, with Vôlei Nestlé *2020–21 Brazilian Superliga – Bronze medal, with Osasco Audax/São Cristovão Saúde

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