Maria Angélica Gonçalves da Silva (born January 10, 1966), commonly known as Branca, is a Brazilian former

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player. She was born in Osvaldo Cruz, Brazil. Branca played as a guard and stood 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm) tall, weighing 150 pounds (68 kg). She represented Brazil in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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1966 births Living people Brazilian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Brazil Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub