Carlos Massoni, World Basketball Champion for Brazil, Dies at 87

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The Brazilian basketball is grieving. He died, this Thursday (13), at 87 years old, Carlos Massoni, one of the greatest winners of the history of the modality in the country and in the world. Known as Mosquito, he was champion with the Brazilian selection at the World Cup in 1963, in Rio de Janeiro, in addition to having won the bronze medals at the Olympic Games in Rome, in 1960, and Tokyo, in 1964. The information was confirmed by the Brazilia…

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Idol of one of the most victorious generations of Brazilian basketball, former player also won three medals in World Cup and three in Pan-American Games

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Carlos Massoni integrated the historical generation of the selection and also won two Olympic bronzes, in 1960 and 1964.