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Amaury Pasos

Amaury Pasos
Medal record
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 Santiago de Chile Team
Gold medal – first place 1963 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 1954 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Montevideo Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1963 São Paulo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Mexico City Team

Amaury Antônio Pasos (born December 11, 1935 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian basketball player of Argentine origin. He was a 1.91 m (6'3") tall power forward. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.

At the club level, Pasos played for Clube de Regatas Tietê (1949–1961), C.R. Sírio (1962–1965), and Corinthians (1966–1972). He won the Brazilian League championship in 1966 and 1969, and the São Paulo regional title league in 1966, 1968, and 1969.

Pasos played for the senior Brazilian national team. With Brazil, he won the gold medal at the 1959 FIBA World Championship (where he was also named the MVP of the tournament) and the gold medal at the 1963 FIBA World Championship. He also won a silver medal at the 1954 FIBA World Championship, bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 1967 FIBA World Championship, a silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games, and a bronze medal at the 1955 Pan American Games.


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