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| Born | 3 October 1968 Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 April 2021 (aged 52) Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruth Roberta de Souza (3 October 1968 – 13 April 2021) was a Brazilian basketball player.[1] She competed in the women's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] Souza died in Três Lagoas on 13 April 2021, at the age of 52, due to COVID-19, after she had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit for two weeks.[3]
- ^ "Ruth". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ruth Roberta de Souza Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Ruth de Souza, campeã mundial de basquete, morre de covid aos 52 anos" [World basketball champion Ruth de Souza dies of covid at age 52]. Globo Esporte. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.