This Friday, The World Games (TWG) will start their search for the ‘Greatest Athlete of All Time’ as the TWG Greatest Athlete of All Time online voting will start on 8 January 2021. 

Member federations have nominated 24 candidates for the vote and candidates for this special award have something in common – they are extraordinary athletes who have succeeded in an exceptional way at one or more editions of The World Games. 

For the sport of beach handball, the International Handball Federation (IHF) has nominated the Brazil women’s national beach handball team, as they have been nothing short of spectacular since beach handball made its The World Games debut in 2001, earning five medals (three gold medals and two bronze medals) and never finishing worse than third in the competition.

Since the 2013 edition of The World Games in Santiago de Cali, the Brazilians have won 11 consecutive games with perfect records of 5-0 and 6-0 at the last two The World Games. In 2013, Brazil won gold with only dropping two periods and outscoring opponents 182-98 in a near flawless performance.

Four years later, in Wroclaw, Brazil never dropped a period, and outscored opponents 253-133, securing their third gold medal in five editions.

Currently led by IHF Beach Handball World Championship medallists Camila Souza and Nathalie Sena, Brazil have undoubtedly, through consistency and dominant results, a strong candidacy.

Brazil are also the most decorated team in the history of the IHF Women’s Beach Handball World Championships, having won the competition three times, most recently in 2014, when they also hosted the event.