Hortencia marcari biography

Hortência Maria de Fátima Marcari (born September 23, 1959) is a former basketball player who is often considered to be one of the greatest female basketball.
Hortência Maria de Fátima Marcari is a former basketball player who is often considered to be one of the greatest female basketball players in Brazil, along with Paula.
One of the greatest international players ever to step onto a basketball court, Hortencia Marcari began playing for her native Brazil at the tender age of 15.

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Hortência Marcari

Brazilian basketball player

Hortência Maria de Fátima Marcari (born September 23, 1959) is a former basketball player who is often considered to be one of the greatest female basketball players in Brazil, along with Paula. Marcari is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2002),^[1] the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2005),^[2] and FIBA Hall of Fame (inducted in 2007).^[3] She is known in her country as Hortência, and her nickname is The Queen.

Biography

Born in Potirendaba, São Paulo, Brazil,^[2]^[3] Hortência is of Italian background, her grandparents having moved to Brazil from that European nation. Hortência's father was a laborer.

When Hortência was ten years old, her family moved to São Paulo, and Hortência became interested in sports. Her family disapproved of her choice to play sports, since her father had been disabled on the field and they wanted her to work bringing home part of the earnings her father used to. But they eventually gave up t

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Hortencia de Fatima Marcari

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Marcari Oliva, Hortencia (1959–)

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