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Brazilian basketball player and coach (1935–2024)

Amaury Pasos Amaury Pasos, 1958 Personal information Born (1935-12-11)December 11, 1935 São Paulo, Brazil Died December 12, 2024(2024-12-12) (aged 89) São Paulo, Brazil Listed height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) Listed weight 91 kg (201 lb) Career information Playing career 1951–1972 Positions Power forward, center Coaching career 1982–1995 Career history 1951–1957 Clube de Regatas Tietê 1958–1965 C.R. Sírio 1966–1972 Corinthians Career highlights As a player FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) Brazil Former Athlete Olympic Prize (2003) FIBA World Cup MVP (1959) 2× South American Club Champion (1961, 1969) 2× Brazilian Champion (1966, 1969) 5× Paulista State Champion (1959, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1969) FIBA Hall of Fame Medals Men's Basketball Representing Brazil Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team 1964 Tokyo Team FIBA World Cup 1959 Chile Team 1963 Brazil Team 1954 Brazil Team 1967 Uruguay Team Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo Team 1955 Mexico City Team FIBA South American Championship 1958 Chile Team 1960 Argentina Team 1961 Brazil Team 1963 Peru Team

**Amaury Antônio Pasos** (December 11, 1935 – December 12, 2024), also commonly known simply as **Amaury**, was a Brazilian basketball player and [coach](/source/Basketball_coach) of Argentine origin. Born in [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo), Brazil, he was a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall [power forward](/source/Power_forward_(basketball)).[1] He competed at three [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)[2] and was named one of [FIBA's 50 Greatest Players](/source/FIBA's_50_Greatest_Players_(1991)) in 1991. He was awarded the [Brazil Former Athlete Olympic Prize](/source/Brazil_Olympic_Prize) in 2003. He was enshrined into the [FIBA Hall of Fame](/source/FIBA_Hall_of_Famer) in 2007.

## Club career

At the [club level](/source/Sports_club), Pasos played for Clube de Regatas Tietê (1951–1961), and then [C.R. Sírio](/source/Esporte_Clube_S%C3%ADrio_(basketball)) (1962–1965) and [Corinthians](/source/Sport_Club_Corinthians_Paulista_(basketball)) (1966–1972). He won the [Brazilian League](/source/Campeonato_Brasileiro_de_Basquete) 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](/source/Brazilian_national_basketball_team). With Brazil, he won the gold medal at the [1959 FIBA World Championship](/source/1959_FIBA_World_Championship) (where he was also named [the MVP of the tournament](/source/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_MVP)) and the gold medal at the [1963 FIBA World Championship](/source/1963_FIBA_World_Championship). He also won a silver medal at the [1954 FIBA World Championship](/source/1954_FIBA_World_Championship), bronze medals at the [1960 Summer Olympics](/source/Basketball_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics) and [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/Basketball_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics), a bronze medal at the [1967 FIBA World Championship](/source/1967_FIBA_World_Championship), a silver medal at the [1963 Pan American Games](/source/Basketball_at_the_1963_Pan_American_Games), and a bronze medal at the [1955 Pan American Games](/source/Basketball_at_the_1955_Pan_American_Games).

## Death

Pasos died in São Paulo on December 12, 2024, a day after his 89th birthday.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Administrador das quadras"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071027044249/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/porondeanda/basquete/amaury.htm) (in Portuguese). Archived from [the original](http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/porondeanda/basquete/amaury.htm) on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-12-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SportsRef_2-0)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Amaury Pasos Olympic Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/amaury-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/amaury-1.html) on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Gimenez, Leonardo. ["Amaury Pasos, lenda do basquete brasileiro, morre aos 89 anos"](https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/esportes/basquete/amaury-pasos-lenda-do-basquete-brasileiro-morre-aos-89-anos/). *CNN Brasil* (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-12-12.

## External links

- [Amaury Pasos](https://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Amaury-Pasos) at the [FIBA Hall of Fame](/source/FIBA_Hall_of_Fame)

- [Amaury Pasos](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8097505/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Amaury Pasos](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/177892) at [FIBA](/source/FIBA) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/80451/_//players.html))

- [Amaury Pasos](https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/amaury-1.html) international stats at [Basketball-Reference.com](/source/Basketball-Reference.com)

- [Amaury Pasos](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6821) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Amaury Pasos](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/antonio-pasos-amaury) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Amaury Pasos](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706152301/http://www.cbb.com.br/atletas_tecnicos/atleta_tecnico.asp?cod=2978&tipo=3&msb=) at the [*Confederação Brasileira de Basketball*](/source/Brazilian_Basketball_Confederation) (archived) (in Portuguese)

- [Amaury Pasos](https://www.cob.org.br/time-brasil/medalhistas-olimpicos/amaury-antonio-pasos) at the [*Comitê Olímpico do Brasil*](/source/Brazilian_Olympic_Committee) (in Portuguese)

Amaury Pasos’ achievements v t e Brazil squad – 1954 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal 4 Wilson 5 Angelim 6 Carli 7 Almir 8 Algodão 9 Mayr 10 Fausto 11 Gedeão 12 Amaury 13 da Motta 14 Wlamir Coach: Kanela v t e Brazil squad – 1955 Pan American Games - Bronze medal Marques Pasos Almeida Facci Bombarda Santos Fonseca Paraíso Ribeiro Marino Pecher Algodão Coach: Henriques v t e Brazil squad – 1959 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal 3 Algodão 4 Amaury (MVP) 5 Wlamir 6 Boccardo 7 Senra 8 Brobró 9 Branca 10 Jatyr 11 Bispo 12 Nobrega 13 Picente 14 Blatskauskas Coach: Kanela v t e Brazil basketball squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal 3 Algodão 4 Amaury 5 Wlamir 6 Blás 7 Mosquito 8 Brobró 9 Branca 10 Jatyr 11 Bispo 12 Sucar 13 Boccardo 14 Blatskauskas Coach: Kanela v t e Brazil squad – 1963 Pan American Games - Silver medal Amaury Sucar Mosquito Branca Scarpini Bispo Fritz Menon Bira Mirshauswka Wlamir Blatskauskas Coach: Kanela v t e Brazil squad – 1963 FIBA World Championship - Gold medal 4 Amaury 5 Wlamir (MVP) 6 Bira 7 Mosquito 8 Tortelli 9 Branca 10 Jatyr 11 Menon 12 Sucar 13 Mirshauswka 14 Blatskauskas 15 Fritz Coach: Kanela v t e Brazil basketball squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal 4 Amaury 5 Wlamir 6 Bira 7 Mosquito 8 Fritz 9 Branca 10 Jatyr 11 Bispo 12 Sucar 13 Mirshawka 14 Macarrão 15 Edvar Coach: Cunha v t e Brazil squad – 1967 FIBA World Championship - Bronze medal 4 Emil Rached 5 Macarrão 6 Mosquito 7 Edvar 8 Menon 9 Zé Olaio 10 Amaury 11 Bira 12 Hélio Rubens 13 Sucar 14 Jatyr 15 Sebba Coach: Kanela v t e FIBA World Cup Most Valuable Player Award 1950: Furlong 1954: Minter 1959: Amaury 1963: Wlamir 1967: Daneu 1970: Belov 1974: Kićanović 1978: Dalipagić 1982: Frazer 1986: Petrović 1990: Kukoč 1994: O'Neal 1998: Bodiroga 2002: Nowitzki 2006: Gasol 2010: Durant 2014: Irving 2019: Rubio 2023: Schröder v t e FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) FIBA Europe Krešimir Ćosić Dražen Dalipagić Ivo Daneu Mirza Delibašić Vlade Divac Dragan Kićanović Radivoj Korać Toni Kukoč Dražen Petrović Dino Rađja Petar Skansi Zoran Slavnić Alexander Belov Sergei Belov Stepas Butautas Otar Korkia Šarūnas Marčiulionis Anatoly Myshkin Modestas Paulauskas Arvydas Sabonis Sasha Volkov Viktor Zubkov Wayne Brabender Francisco Buscató Juan Antonio Corbalán Juan Antonio San Epifanio Clifford Luyk Fernando Martín Emiliano Rodríguez Pierluigi Marzorati Massimo Masini Dino Meneghin Antonello Riva Stanislav Kropilák Ivan Mrázek Jean-Paul Beugnot Alain Gilles Nikos Galis Georgios Kolokithas Willy Steveniers Atanas Golomeev François Németh Miki Berkovich FIBA Americas Teófilo Cruz Ricardo Duarte Bira Maciel Wlamir Marques Bob Morse Amaury Pasos Oscar Schmidt FIBA Oceania Andrew Gaze v t e FIBA Hall of Fame inductees FIBA Members Players Amaury Arcain A. Belov S. Belov Berkovich Bilé Bilić Bira Bird Bogut Borrell Cameron Chazalon Ćosić Cruz Dalipagić Daneu Delibašić Divac Donovan Dumerc Dydek Edwards Epi Fasoulas Faye Fijalkowski Furlong Galis Gasol A. Gaze Giannakis Golomeev González Haixia Hendrawan Herrera Horáková Jean-Jacques Jordan Łopatka Kićanović Korać Kropilák Kukoč Leslie Lijie Loyzaga Machanguana R. Maher Marcari Marčiulionis Marques Martín Marzorati Mbengue Meneghin Meyers Miao C. Miller R. Miller Moglia Mourning Mujanović Nash Németh O'Neal Nowitzki Oberto Oga Olajuwon Ortiz Park Pauchard Paulauskas Penicheiro Penney Petrović Pollini Radovanović Raga Rigaudeau Robertson Robinson Rodríguez Ronchetti Russell Sabonis Sakandelidze Sako Sato Schmidt Schrempf Semjonova Silva Slavnić Smildziņa-Budovska Staley Stojaković Stoyanova Štreimikytė Tarakanov Taylor Timms Tkachenko Türkoğlu Valdemoro Valters Volkov Voynova Wang Warda Yao Zassoulskaya Zdovc Zheng Zídek Coaches Alekseyeva Auriemma Barbosa Canavesi Daly Díaz-Miguel Donohue Ferrándiz Gamba Garnier L. Gaze A. Gomelsky E. Gomelsky Hejková Iba Ivković Kanela Kondrashin Krzyzewski Magnano T. Maher Messina Ludwik Miętta Newell Nikolić Novosel Pešić Peterson Planas Primo Rubini Smith Stirling Summitt Tanjević VanDerveer Vasojević Yow Žeravica Zuoyun Contributors Founding Federations: Argentine Czechoslovak Greek Italian Latvian Portuguese Romanian Swiss Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Klieger Kozłowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Samaranch Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Sèye Moreau Stanković Steitz Stern Šaper Ueda Vitale Wahby Yoon Technical officials Arabadjian Bain Belošević Blanchard Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Lazarov Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Rigas Righetto Teams 1992 USA Men's "Dream Team" v t e Prêmio Brasil Olímpico Men 1999: Gustavo Kuerten 2000: Gustavo Kuerten 2001: Robert Scheidt 2002: Nalbert Bitencourt 2003: Fernando Meligeni 2004: Vanderlei de Lima 2005: João Derly 2006: Giba 2007: Thiago Pereira 2008: César Cielo 2009: César Cielo 2010: Murilo Endres 2011: César Cielo 2012: Arthur Zanetti 2013: Jorge Zarif 2014: Arthur Zanetti 2015: Isaquias Queiroz 2016: Isaquias Queiroz 2017: Marcelo Melo 2018: Isaquias Queiroz 2019: Arthur Mariano 2021: Isaquias Queiroz 2022: Alison dos Santos 2023: Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida 2024: Caio Bonfim 2025: Caio Bonfim Women 1999: Maurren Maggi 2000: Leila Barros 2001: Daniele Hypólito 2002: Daniele Hypólito 2003: Daiane dos Santos 2004: Daiane dos Santos 2005: Natália Falavigna 2006: Laís Souza 2007: Jade Barbosa 2008: Maurren Maggi 2009: Sarah Menezes 2010: Fabiana Murer 2011: Fabiana Murer 2012: Sheilla Castro 2013: Poliana Okimoto 2014: Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze 2015: Ana Marcela Cunha 2016: Rafaela Silva 2017: Mayra Aguiar 2018: Ana Marcela Cunha 2019: Beatriz Ferreira 2021: Rebeca Andrade 2022: Rebeca Andrade 2023: Rebeca Andrade 2024: Rebeca Andrade 2025: Maria Clara Pacheco Fan's Choice 2014: Flávia Saraiva 2015: Thiago Pereira 2016: Rafaela Silva 2017: Caio Bonfim 2018: Henrique Avancini 2019: Hugo Calderano 2021: Fernanda Garay 2022: Hugo Calderano 2023: Flávia Saraiva 2024: Caio Bonfim 2025: João Fonseca (men) & Gabi Guimarães (women) Breakthrough Athlete 2023: Maria Eduarda Alexandre 2024: Gustavo Oliveira 2025: Rebeca Lima Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Trophy (Lifetime award) 2001: Nelson Prudêncio 2002: João Gonçalves Filho 2003: Amaury Pasos 2004: Maria Lenk 2005: Agberto Guimarães 2006: Aída dos Santos 2007: André Richer 2008: João Havelange 2009: Joaquim Cruz 2010: Éder Jofre 2011: Bernard Rajzman 2012: Hortência Marcari 2013: Torben Grael 2014: Vanderlei de Lima 2015: Gustavo Kuerten 2016: Bernardo Rezende 2017: Lars Grael 2018: Jackie Silva 2019: Oscar Schmidt 2021: Janeth Arcain 2022: Daiane dos Santos 2023: Chiaki Ishii 2024: José Roberto Guimarães 2025: Robert Scheidt Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima Trophy (Sportsmanship award) 2025: Andrei Jessé, Diogo Volkmann, Kayki Rocha & Miguel Marques (rowing)

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