Wlamir Marques

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Basketball player
Wlamir Marques
Wlamir Marques.jpg
Player information
birthday July 16, 1937
place of birth Sao Vicente , Brazil
size 185 cm
position Forward
Clubs as active
Brazil 1889Brazil 0000–1954 Clube de Regatas Tumiaru 1954–1962 XV de Novembro Piracicaba 1962–1972 Corinthians São Paulo 1972–1974 Tênis Clube de Campinas
Brazil 1960Brazil
Brazil 1968Brazil
Brazil 1968Brazil
National team
1953-1970 Brazil

Wlamir Marques (born July 16, 1937 in São Vicente ) is a Brazilian former basketball player. Together with Krešimir Ćosić he is the most successful participant in basketball world championships with two gold and silver medals each. He also took part in four Olympic Games for Brazil and won two bronze medals (1960, 1964).

After his active career, Marques was Professor of Physical Education at the Faculdade de Educação Física de Santo André (FEFISA) and worked as a television commentator for ESPN Brasil .

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics of the World Cup records ( memento from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at fiba.com
  2. Almanaque Abril (2000): Quem é Quem na História do Brasil. São Paulo (Abril Multimídia).

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