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Ruy de Freitas

Brazilian basketball player (1916–2012)
Person human Q963604

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
August 24, 1916
Date of death
August 2, 2012
Place of birth
Macaé
Place of death
Rio de Janeiro
Country of citizenship
Brazil[7]
Occupation
basketball player, basketball coach
Languages spoken, written or signed
Portuguese[16]
Country for sport
Brazil[17]
Family name
De Freitas[11]
Given name
Ruy[12]
Height
+175[18]
Participant in
1952 Summer Olympics, 1948 Summer Olympics, 1950 FIBA World Championship[13][14][15]
Position played on team / speciality
point guard[9]
Sport
basketball[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ruy de Freitas ar روي دي فريتاس fa روی د فریتاس ru Руй де Фрейташ ru Фрейтас, Руи зе ru Фрейташ, Руй де uk Руй де Фрейтас
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Basketball Reference international player ID
ruy-de-freitas-1
Brazilian Olympic Committee athlete ID
ruy-de-freitas
DatabaseOlympics.com athlete ID (archived)
DEFRERUY01
Eurobasket.com player ID
652777
FIBA.basketball people ID
179251
FIBA.com player ID (archived)
81876
Freebase ID
/m/02rh5pf
InterSportStats athlete ID
3000596293
Olympedia people ID
5967
Olympics.com athlete ID
rui-de-freitas
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
de/ruy-de-freitas-1

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Participant in 3
1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1950 FIBA World Championship
Occupation 2
basketball player, basketball coach
Country for sport 1
Brazil
Country of citizenship 1
Brazil
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Portuguese
Place of birth 1
Macaé
Place of death 1
Rio de Janeiro
Position played on team / speciality 1
point guard
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
basketball
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Summary

Ruy de Freitas was born on August 24, 1916[1], in Macaé[2]. He died on August 2, 2012[3], in Rio de Janeiro[4]. He worked as a basketball player[5] and basketball coach[6].

FAQs

Where was Ruy de Freitas born?

Ruy de Freitas was born in Macaé[2].

Where did Ruy de Freitas die?

Ruy de Freitas passed away in Rio de Janeiro[4].

What did Ruy de Freitas do for work?

Ruy de Freitas worked as a basketball player[5] and basketball coach[6].

Related Entities

Brazil

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Basketball Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . revistaepoca.globo.com. revistaepoca.globo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · HanTsî · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → basketball
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    Country for sport → Brazil
    Family name → De Freitas
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