José Edvar Simões, also commonly known as Edvar Simões, born 23 April 1943, is a former

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ian professional

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. Simões participated at the

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

and

1970 FIBA World Championship The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Croatia, Spli ...

s with the

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. He won a bronze medal at the

1964 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequ ...

.Olympic results
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1943 births Living people Brazilian basketball coaches Brazilian men's basketball players 1967 FIBA World Championship players 1970 FIBA World Championship players Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic basketball players for Brazil Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in basketball Sport Club Corinthians Paulista basketball players Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras basketball players Clube Atlético Monte Líbano basketball coaches 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub