Clarissa dos Santos

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Clarissa dos Santos

Personal information

Born

March 10, 1988 (age 25)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Medal record

Competitor for Brazil
Women's basketball
South American Championship
Gold	Mendoza 2013	Team Competition

Clarissa Cristina dos Santos (born March 10, 1988, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian female basketball player.^[1] She begun practicing sports at 13 on the Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex, and one day, as the basketball court was right along the athletics field where she practiced discus throw Santos was invited to play that sport. Eventually it became her priority.^[2] In 2005 she joined the young teams of the club, and one year later was already in the adult team of Fluminense. Clarissa excelled at rebounds, a statistic she topped in the Brazilian championship for two straight years. She was champion in 2012 with the Americana team.^[3] She is 6 ft 2 inches tall (1.88 m).

For the Brazil women's national basketball team, Clarissa won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, and was champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women which qualified Brazil for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4] In the women's event, Brazil fell at the group stage with only one win, but Santos lead the rebounds statistic.^[5]

References

v t e Brazil women's squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 9th place

4 Pinto 5 Costa 6 Ferreira 7 Rodrigues 8 ~~Marques~~ 9 Nascimento 10 Gustavo 11 dos Santos 12 Dantas 13 Colhado 14 de Souza 15 Carcavalli Coach: Cicchetto

Persondata
Name	Santos, Clarissa
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian basketball player
Date of birth	March 10, 1988
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death

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