Rosa Branca

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]

Rosa Branca
Personal information
Born(1940-07-19)19 July 1940
Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
Died22 December 2008(2008-12-22) (aged 68)
São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Listed height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight89 kg (196 lb)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team
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

References

  1. Rosa Branca at Olympedia
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rosa Branca". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Full name: Carmo "Rosa Branca" de Souza


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