Amaury Pasos Explained

Amaury Pasos
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:200
Birth Date:11 December 1935
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Career Start:1951
Career End:1972
Coach Start:1982
Coach End:1995
Career Position:Power forward / center
Years1:1951–1957
Team1:Clube de Regatas Tietê
Years2:1958–1965
Team2:C.R. Sírio
Years3:1966–1972
Team3:Corinthians
Highlights:As a player
Fiba Hof Player:Amaury-Pasos

Amaury Antônio Pasos, also commonly known simply as Amaury (born December 11, 1935) is a retired Brazilian basketball player and coach of Argentine origin. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, he was a 1.91 m (6'3") tall power forward.[1] He competed at three Olympic Games[2] and was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was awarded with the Brazil Former Athlete Olympic Prize in 2003. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.

Club career

At the club level, Pasos played for Clube de Regatas Tietê (1951–1961), and then 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.

National team career

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Administrador das quadras. pt . 2007-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027044249/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/porondeanda/basquete/amaury.htm . 2007-10-27 . dead .
  2. Amaury Pasos Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/amaury-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 June 2018.