fullname updated currentteammate birth_place height birth_date nickname article_title hometown name
cristine santanna august 12 , 2008 andrezza `` rtvelo '' martins são paulo , 181 cm ftin on 27 may 1979 saka cristine santanna
 são paulo , cristine santanna
cristine santanna

cristine `` saka '' santanna -lrb- born may 27 , 1979 -rrb- is a georgian beach volleyball player of brazil birth .
she is partnered in the 2008 summer olympics with andrezza `` rtvelo '' martins .
their nicknames mean georgia in georgian -lrb- sakartvelo -rrb- .
santanna and her partner martins ' most notable win came when they defeated a russian opponent in the beijing olympics just days after a war between georgia and russia started .
