Elaine Gomes Barbosa (born 1 June 1992) is a Brazilian female handball player who plays for Romanian club Ortahisar Bld. and the Brazil national team. In 2013 she won the World Championship; the first time ever for Brazil and South America.
Career Gomes played for Brazilian clubs until 2014, with the last being Força Atlética Handebol. She then moved to Europe to become professional, and joined Danish Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub on a 2 year deal. Already a year after, she was released of her contract. She then joined HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea, but also here she had her contract cancelled early.
She then joined Kastamonu Belediyesi Gsk in Turkey. After a year she joined French team Neptunes de Nantes. Here she played for a single season, before returning to Romania, where she joined Corona Brașov. Here she had her contract cancelled for a third time, after being involved in a doping scandal.
She then joined Spanish BM Granollers for the 2020-21 season. She then joined CS Minaur Baia Mare on a three year contract. After a year joined the Greek team A.C. PAOK. A year later she joined OF Nea Ionia. In 2024 she joined Armada Praxis Yalıkavakspor, followed by Ortahisar Bld. SK in Turkey.
National team Elaine Gomes was included in the Brazil team for the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, despite only having played 5 national team matches at that point. Here she won the title with Brazil, which was the first for both Brazil and Latin America.
She has since then not represented Brazil at a World Championship, but was part of the team that won gold medals at the Pan American Games in 2015 and 2019 and at the South American Championship in 2018.
International honours World Championship: Winner: 2013 Pan American Games: Winner: 2015, 2019 South American Championship: Winner: 2018
External links Elaine Gomes Barbosa profile at the official European Handball Federation website DhDB profile
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