Adriana "Adrianinha" Moisés Pinto (born December 6, 1978) is a Brazilian female
basketball player. She spent 17 years with the
Brazil women's national basketball team
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, from 1997 to 2016. Among her accomplishments with the national team are participations in four
Summer Olympics
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, winning a bronze at the
2000
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edition in Sydney, four
World Championship appearances – with her best position being a fourth place at home in
2006
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– and titles in
American
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and
South American championships. Moisés retired from the national team following the
2014 FIBA World Championship for Women
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, expressing an interest in becoming a basketball coach. However, coach
Antonio Carlos Barbosa
Antonio Carlos Barbosa is a Brazilian basketball coach. He coached the Brazilian national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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invited her in late 2015 to join the team that was preparing for the
2016 Olympics
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in Rio de Janeiro, and Moisés felt interested in representing Brazil at home.
On a club level, Moisés played in 2001 and 2002 for the
WNBA's
Phoenix Mercury
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, and was waived by the team prior to the 2007 season. She has also played in Italy, Russia and Croatia. Moises has a daughter, Aaliyah (b. 2006), from a relationship with
A.J. Guyton
Arthur James "A. J." Guyton (born February 12, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and now basketball coach. He played college basketball for Indiana University.
Indiana University
Guyton chose to play basketball for the ...
.
See also
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List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
References
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1978 births
Living people
People from Franca
Brazilian women's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Brazil
Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
Olympic medalists in basketball
Phoenix Mercury players
Point guards
ŽKK Gospić players
Brazilian expatriate basketball people in Croatia
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in basketball
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Basketball players from São Paulo (state)