Ruy de Freitas, also commonly known as Tio Ruy (24 August 1916 – 2 August 2012) was a Brazilian professional

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player and

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, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948. He was born in

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. At his first appearance in

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he won the bronze medal with the Brazilian basketball team under the guidance of head coach

Moacyr Daiuto Moacyr Brondi Daiuto, commonly known as Moacyr Daiuto (July 19, 1915 – 1994) was a Brazilian basketball coach, who guided the men's national team to the bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. As an assistant-coa ...

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1916 births 2012 deaths Brazilian basketball coaches Brazilian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Brazil Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1950 FIBA World Championship players Sportspeople from Brasília {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub