Tandara Alves Caixeta (born Brasilia, 30 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Brazil women's national volleyball team and for Sesc-Rio in the Brazilian Superliga. She competed for Brazil in the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal. She is 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 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 2011, she was selected for the Brazil team for the first time and won gold in the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, 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 of most points in a match, she scored 37 points. In the 2017/2018 season, she broke her own record, scoring 39 points, as well scoring 626 points in the season, as this also being the highest mark in the country. Again in the 2019/2020 season, she broke her record, scoring unbelievable 40 points in 4 sets, as this being the highest mark in the history of volleyball in 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.
The outside hitter. Good pick up by the libero. And then the pipe attack from Tandara.
And then Tandara. She's done that many times.
As Tandara, lovely back set.
Oh yes, that is quality volleyball.
Running an inside 10, so the slide all the way out and then coming just in on the angle to act.
Carracourt with the full jump serve that time. Haven't seen that yet today.
Trahade is having a fantastic day in defence.
Cross, cross court and Tandara.
That time she hit a couple into the blocker's hands. That time she got past double sub.
Tandara has eight points.
Marina Lubyak now serves.
Pipe attack and Tandara unleashes the missile.
They all split, they all...
She had a lot to change her team's fortunes.
Great serve from Unal.
Tandara can't do much with that.
And Chiba gives it her best swing.
And her best swing on a high ball is not quite as good as Tandara's best swing on a fast ball.
She'll get there a second point.
And it was Trevniuk's free ball that led to that point and her opportunity to serve.
Gabby. Gabby passes that one from really deep in the court.
Actually thought it was her steaming into attack.
But it was Tandara.
This will have to be a good set from the libero.
Makris defends. Tandara hits!
And that is an exercise. Laser guide into perfection.
Into the corner.
Just look where this lands.
Ana Petriz named the best middle blocker in Volleyball Nations League in 2019.
There's another block.
That one's recycled. Brazil gets the ball back.
Nice block now from Araki.
And a rip cross court from Tandara.
That was a powerful swing with some heat on it.
Not able to continue cross court and hammer this.
Araki's gone the wrong way. No one's going to stop that.
Off the block. Tandara.
Cartas has extended the lead to four.
Zidane can only manage to get a free ball for Brazil.
That's a great hit from Tandara.
We are too back and we stay a little more.
We don't want the ball to fall down.
The more the ball falls, the more we wait.
The more the ball can change.
We want to attack the ball when it's a little higher.
Heavy hit from Tandara.
Three-point lead for Brazil.
That's an excellent hitting from Tandara.
Ready for a strong attack.
Guidetti reminds her that the tip is a good option.
There was the tip that Guidetti wanted.
Ronaldo.
The setter.
Comes in.
Twenty.
Both of the same starting six.
Macris.
Gabi.
That's a good finish by Tandara.
Set.
Quick set by Macris.
And then that flashing right arm.
Timmerman and Black. No chance.
Single block for Tandara.
Putting enough pressure when they serve though on the opposition.
Dominican Republic.
Miller-Bray.
Bump.
Set.
Finish from Tandara.
Rivera on serve.
There's the overhead set.
And Tandara hammers it.
Well, they'll be hoping that she can find her rhythm.
Terrific hit that.
It's cross-court.
What does that land about?
A meter.
Comes in for Carroll.
Rivera going to have to get a high ball.
Great dig from Tandara.
Brazil have their high ball.
And the second one.
The first one with power from Gabi.
The second one with finesse from Tandara.
Sweet little cutty.
One with Gabi.
Carroll.
Oh, good up by Faker, eh?
They've got themselves a free net.
Good cover.
Free ball.
Four attacking options.
Tandara finishes it off.
Punched away by Tandara.
The pipe from Platt.
Another good rally.
Platt read that one too.
Another little tip.
Oh.
And then Tandara.
And on both sides of the net.
Until that.
Deep serve.
Great takes that one.
Oh, Tandara.
You can see that Koga was just apologizing.
I think she set the block just too far down the line on that one.
You've got to get the ball and then you've got to pick up the movement of the attack.
That's a good ball in.
And a heavy arm from Tandara.
And that is it.
Three sets to do.
But here it is.
That last swing.
Putting Brazil in a position to be in the semifinals.
See you next time.
