Adriana Aparecida dos Santos (born 18 January 1971) is a Brazilian former

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player. As part of the

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, Adriana was world champion in the

1994 FIBA World Championship for Women The 1994 FIBA Women's World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Women's World Championship, an quadrennial international tournament played by women's basketball teams in FIBA. It was hosted in Australia from 2 to 12 June 1994 at fiv ...

, and appeared in three

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Atlanta 1996 The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, and

Sydney 2000 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, winning silver and bronze in the latter two.

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* * * 1971 births Living people Brazilian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Brazil Basketball players at the 1991 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Oath takers at the Olympic Games Pan American Games medalists in basketball Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Sportspeople from São Bernardo do Campo {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub