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Algodão

Personal information
Born	1 March 1925 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	10 March 2001(2001-03-10) (aged 76) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Listed height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 1948 London Team 1960 Rome Team World Championship 1954 Rio de Janeiro Team 1959 Santiago de Chile Team Pan American Games 1951 Buenos Aires Team 1955 Mexico City Team 1959 Chicago Team

Zenny de Azevedo (1 March 1925 – 10 March 2001), commonly known as Algodão ("Cotton"), was a Brazilian basketball player, who competed for his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948. He won the bronze medal in 1948 and 1960 with the Brazilian basketball team. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Algodão". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

External links

• Zenny De Azevedo at FIBA (archive)
• Algodao international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
• Zenny De Azevedo at Olympics.com
• Zenny de Azevedo at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Algodão at Olympedia (archive)
• Algodão at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
• Algodão at CBB.com.br at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 March 2007) (in Portuguese)

v t e Brazil squad – 1948 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
Algodão Bráz de Freitas Vinícius Évora Gemignani da Motta Marson Pacheco Massinet Coach: Daiuto

v t e Brazil squad – 1951 Pan American Games - Bronze medal
Marson da Motta Algodão Almir Pinto Godinho Mário Jorge Massinet Montanha Tião Thales Zé Luiz Coach: Kanela

v t e Brazil squad – 1954 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal
4 Wilson 5 Angelim 6 Carli 7 Almir 8 Algodão 9 Mayr 10 Fausto 11 Gedeão 12 Amaury 13 da Motta 14 Wlamir Coach: Kanela

v t e Brazil squad – 1955 Pan American Games - Bronze medal
Wlamir Amaury Almir Mayr Wilson Bispo Pecente Leonardo Penha Marino Pecher Algodão Coach: Henriques

v t e Brazil squad – 1959 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal
3 Algodão 4 Amaury (MVP) 5 Wlamir 6 Boccardo 7 Senra 8 Brobró 9 Branca 10 Jatyr 11 Bispo 12 Nobrega 13 Picente 14 Blatskauskas Coach: Kanela

v t e Brazil squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
3 Algodão 4 Amaury 5 Wlamir 6 Blás 7 Mosquito 8 Brobró 9 Branca 10 Jatyr 11 Bispo 12 Sucar 13 Boccardo 14 Blatskauskas Coach: Kanela

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