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kArlA CRISTIna MaRTInS
da CoSTa
Brasília, dF
25/09/78
65kg
1,73m
main titles
1 st place at the Women’s
Basketball League (12) • 1 st place
at the South American
Championship (08) • three times
vice-champion of the National
Championship (06/07/08)
position
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This will be Karla’s third
participation at Olympic Games
having integrated the National Team
at Athens 2004 (4th place) and at
Beijing 2008 (11th place). She plays
basketball since childhood by the
influence of her family and at 16 was
selected to play at the base team of
the Ponte Preta in Campinas (SP).
Besides São Paulo she has played for
Rio de Janeiro, Parana and Minas
Gerais teams in Brazil and for Poland
and Russia abroad. She believes that
persistence is her greatest positive
point.
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