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Rosa Branca

Brazilian basketball player and Olympian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carmo de Souza (19 July 1940 – 22 December 2008),[1] commonly known as "Rosa Branca" ("White Rose"), was a Brazilian basketball player with the Brazil national basketball team. De Souza competed with Brazil at the 1959, 1963 and 1970 FIBA World Championships and won two bronze medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Araraquara.[2]

Born(1940-07-19)19 July 1940
Died22 December 2008(2008-12-22) (aged 68)
Listed height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight89 kg (196 lb)
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Rosa Branca
Personal information
Born(1940-07-19)19 July 1940
Died22 December 2008(2008-12-22) (aged 68)
Listed height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight89 kg (196 lb)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1960 RomeTeam
Bronze medal – third place1964 TokyoTeam
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place1959 ChileTeam
Gold medal – first place1963 BrazilTeam
Silver medal – second place1970 YugoslaviaTeam
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place1963 São PauloTeam
Bronze medal – third place1959 ChicagoTeam
FIBA South American Championship
Gold medal – first place1958 ChileTeam
Gold medal – first place1960 ArgentinaTeam
Gold medal – first place1961 BrazilTeam
Gold medal – first place1968 ParaguayTeam
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