Mário Jorge da Fonseca Hermes, also commonly known as Mário Jorge (14 August 1926 – 28 June 2019), was a Brazilian

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player who competed in the

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. He died in June 2019 at the age of 92.Luto! Morre ex-jogador de basquete do Flamengo
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Career

Hermes began his career in 1941 at Clube Central de Niterói in

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. But it was the basketball team Clube de Regatas do Flamengo he stood out as part of the team that was ten-times champion between 1951 and 1960. For the Brazilian national team, Hermes was a bronze medalist at the Pan American Games 1951. In the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, he was the Brazilian flag bearer. Hermes received a silver medal at the 1954 World Championship. In 1988, Hermes accepted the invitation of the

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to exercise unpaid activity in the entity. He headed the Brazilian delegations of basketball in the South American Championship in

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(1989); in the America's Cup of Basketball in Mexico (1989); Good Will Games "in Seattle, United States (1990) and the World Championship in

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(1990). In 2007, Hermes carried the torch at the

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in Rio de Janeiro.

References

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