{{Short description|Brazilian basketball player and coach (1935–2024)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Amaury Pasos | image = Amaury Pasos, Estadio, 1958-02-28 (770) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Amaury Pasos, 1958 | position = | height_cm = 191 | weight_kg = 91 | league = | team = | number = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|12|11}} | birth_place = [[São Paulo]], [[Vargas Era|Brazil]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|12|12|1935|12|11}} | death_place = São Paulo, Brazil | career_start = 1951 | career_end = 1972 | coach_start = 1982 | coach_end = 1995 | career_number = | career_position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]], [[center (basketball)|center]] | years1 = 1951–1957 | team1 = Clube de Regatas Tietê | years2 = 1958–1965 | team2 = [[Esporte Clube Sírio (basketball)|C.R. Sírio]] | years3 = 1966–1972 | team3 = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (basketball)|Corinthians]] | highlights = '''As a player''' *[[FIBA's 50 Greatest Players]] (1991) *[[Brazil Olympic Prize|Brazil Former Athlete Olympic Prize]] (2003) *[[FIBA World Cup MVP]] ([[1959 FIBA World Championship|1959]]) *2× [[South American Basketball Club Championship|South American Club Champion]] (1961, 1969) *2× [[Brazilian Basketball Championship|Brazilian Champion]] (1966, 1969) *5× [[Paulista State Basketball Championship|Paulista State Champion]] (1959, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1969) | FIBA_HOF_player = Amaury-Pasos | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{bk|BRA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|Team}} {{MedalBronze|[[Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1959 FIBA World Championship|1959 Chile]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[1963 FIBA World Championship|1963 Brazil]]|Team}} {{MedalSilver|[[1954 FIBA World Championship|1954 Brazil]]|Team}} {{MedalBronze|[[1967 FIBA World Championship|1967 Uruguay]]|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[Basketball at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963 São Paulo]]|Team}} {{MedalBronze|[[Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games|1955 Mexico City]]|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA South American Championship]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1958 South American Basketball Championship|1958 Chile]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[1960 South American Basketball Championship|1960 Argentina]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[1961 South American Basketball Championship|1961 Brazil]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[1963 South American Basketball Championship|1963 Peru]]|Team}} }}
'''Amaury Antônio Pasos''' (December 11, 1935 – December 12, 2024), also commonly known simply as '''Amaury''', was a Brazilian basketball player and [[basketball coach|coach]] of Argentine origin. Born in [[São Paulo]], Brazil, he was a {{convert|1.91|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/porondeanda/basquete/amaury.htm |title=Administrador das quadras|language=pt |access-date=2007-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027044249/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/porondeanda/basquete/amaury.htm |archive-date=2007-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He competed at three [[Olympic Games]]<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/amaury-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/amaury-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Amaury Pasos Olympic Results |access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref> and was named one of [[FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)|FIBA's 50 Greatest Players]] in 1991. He was awarded the [[Brazil Olympic Prize|Brazil Former Athlete Olympic Prize]] in 2003. He was enshrined into the [[FIBA Hall of Famer|FIBA Hall of Fame]] in 2007.
==Club career== At the [[sports club|club level]], Pasos played for Clube de Regatas Tietê (1951–1961), and then [[Esporte Clube Sírio (basketball)|C.R. Sírio]] (1962–1965) and [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (basketball)|Corinthians]] (1966–1972). He won the [[Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete|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 basketball team|Brazilian national team]]. With Brazil, he won the gold medal at the [[1959 FIBA World Championship]] (where he was also named [[FIBA Basketball World Cup MVP|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 [[Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Summer Olympics]] and [[Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]], a bronze medal at the [[1967 FIBA World Championship]], a silver medal at the [[Basketball at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963 Pan American Games]], and a bronze medal at the [[Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games|1955 Pan American Games]].
==Death== Pasos died in São Paulo on December 12, 2024, a day after his 89th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gimenez |first=Leonardo |title=Amaury Pasos, lenda do basquete brasileiro, morre aos 89 anos |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/esportes/basquete/amaury-pasos-lenda-do-basquete-brasileiro-morre-aos-89-anos/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=CNN Brasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Amaury-Pasos Amaury Pasos] at the [[FIBA Hall of Fame]] *{{IMDb name| 8097505}} * {{FIBA|new_id=177892|old_id=80451}} * {{Basketball-Reference.com international player}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|antonio-pasos-amaury}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706152301/http://www.cbb.com.br/atletas_tecnicos/atleta_tecnico.asp?cod=2978&tipo=3&msb= Amaury Pasos] at the [[Brazilian Basketball Confederation|''Confederação Brasileira de Basketball'']] (archived) {{in lang|pt}} * {{COB profile}}
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