Tande

Alexandre Ramos Samuel (born March 20, 1970), nickname Tande, is a former Brazilian volleyball player.^[1][2] He began playing volleyball for the Botafogo team when he was 12 years old.

Alexandre Samuel
Personal information
Full name	Alexandre Ramos Samuel
Nickname	Tande
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	March 20, 1970 (1970-03-20) (age 54) Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	14
National team
1989–2000  Brazil
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team World League 1993 São Paulo 1995 Rio de Janeiro 1990 Osaka 1994 Milan South American Championship 1989 Brazil 1991 Brazil 1993 Argentina 1995 Brazil

Tande won a gold medal with the Brazilian national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1995, he finished in fifth place with the Brazilian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In 1997, he switched to beach volleyball and partnered with his former teammate, Giovane Gavio.

References

1. "Biography - Alexandre Samuel". jornaldovolei (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
2. "Biografia de - Tande". biografiasyvidas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2019.

External links

• Tande at the Beach Volleyball Database  
• Tande at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)  
• Alexandre Samuel at Olympics.com
• at Olympic.org (archived)
• Tande (Alexandre Ramos Samuel) at Olympedia  
• at the Wayback Machine (archived July 15, 2003)

Sporting positions
Preceded by   Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside   Emanuel Rego 2001	Succeeded by   Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti (ARG)