Almir Nelson de Almeida, also commonly known simply as Almir (2 September 1923 – 14 April 1977), was a Brazilian

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player who competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He was born in Salvador - Bahia.

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1923 births 1977 deaths Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian men's basketball players 1954 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players of Brazil Basketball players at the 1951 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1955 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in basketball Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub