Rosa Branca

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
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 place 1959 Chile Team
Gold medal – first place 1963 Brazil Team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Yugoslavia Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1963 São Paulo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Chicago Team
FIBA South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1958 Chile Team
Gold medal – first place 1960 Argentina Team
Gold medal – first place 1961 Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Paraguay Team

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]

References

  1. ^ Rosa Branca at Olympedia (archive)
  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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