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{{Short description|Brazilian basketball player and coach (1937–2025)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Wlamir Marques
| image           = Wlamir Marques.jpg
| image_size      = 
| caption         =
| position        = 
| height          = 1.85 m
| weight          = 86 kg
| team            =
| league          = 
| number          = 
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1937|7|16}}<ref name="Olympedia">{{Olympedia|5090}}</ref>
| birth_place     = [[São Vicente, São Paulo|São Vicente]], [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|2025|3|18|1937|7|16}}
| death_place     = [[São Paulo]], Brazil
| high_school     =
| college         = 
| draft_year      = 1959
| draft_round     = 
| draft_pick      = 
| draft_team      = 
| career_start    = 1953
| career_end      = 1973
| coach_start     = 1961
| coach_end       = 1988
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| career_number   = 5
| years1          = 1953–1954
| team1           = Clube de Regatas Piracicaba
| years2          = 1955–1961
| team2           = [[Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)|XV de Novembro]]
| years3          = 1962–1972
| team3           = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (basketball)|S.C. Corinthians Paulista]]
| years4          = 1973
| team4           = Tênis Clube de Campinas
| cyears1         = 1961
| cteam1          = Limeira
| cyears2         = 1963–1964
| cteam2          = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (basketball)|S.C. Corinthians Paulista]] women
| cyears3         = 1968
| cteam3          = [[Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)|XV de Novembro]] women
| cyears4         = 1970–1971
| cteam4          = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (basketball)|S.C. Corinthians Paulista]]
| cyears5         = 1975
| cteam5          = [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (basketball)|Palmeiras]]
| cyears6         = 1977
| cteam6          = Hebraica
| cyears7         = 1981–1982
| cteam7          = São Caetano women
| cyears8         = 1987–1988
| cteam8          = Cerquilho
| highlights      = 
'''As a player''':
*[[FIBA's 50 Greatest Players]] (1991)
*[[FIBA World Cup MVP]] ([[1963 FIBA World Championship|1963]])
*[[FIBA Intercontinental Cup|FIBA Intercontinental Test Cup]] champion ([[1965 FIBA Intercontinental Test Cup|1965]])
*Best Athlete of South America (1961)
*2× [[South American Basketball Club Championship|South American Club Champion]] (1964, 1969)
*3× [[Brazilian Basketball Championship|Brazilian Champion]] (1965, 1966, 1969)
*7× [[Paulista State Basketball Championship|São Paulo State Champion]] (1957, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
*No. 5 [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (basketball)#Retired numbers|retired by S.C. Corinthians Paulista]] (2018)
| medaltemplates  =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{bk|BRA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Team]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Basketball World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1959 FIBA World Championship|1959 Chile]]|Team|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1963 FIBA World Championship|1963 Brazil]]|Team|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1954 FIBA World Championship|1954 Brazil]]|Team|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1970 FIBA World Championship|1970 Yugoslavia]]|Team|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1963 Pan American Games|1963 São Paulo]]|[[Basketball at the 1963 Pan American Games|Team]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1955 Pan American Games|1955 Mexico City]]|[[Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games|Team]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1959 Pan American Games|1959 Chicago]]|[[Basketball at the 1959 Pan American Games|Team]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA South American Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 South American Basketball Championship|1958 Chile]]|Team|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1960 South American Basketball Championship|1960 Argentina]]|Team|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1961 South American Basketball Championship|1961 Brazil]]|Team|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1963 South American Basketball Championship|1963 Peru]]|Team|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1955 South American Basketball Championship|1955 Colombia]]|Team|}}
}}

'''Wlamir Marques''' (July 16, 1937 – March 18, 2025), also known simply as '''Wlamir''', was a Brazilian basketball player and coach who is considered to be one of the best Brazilian basketball players of all time, and to have been one of the best players in the world during the 1960s. Alongside fellow countrymen [[Amaury Pasos]], [[Algodão]], and [[Rosa Branca]], he led the best basketball generation Brazil ever had. At a height of {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall, he played at the [[small forward]] position. He was nicknamed "The Flying Saucer", and "The Blonde Devil".

Along with [[Kresimir Cosic]], Marques is one of the top two medalists in [[FIBA World Cup]] history, having won two gold medals and two silver medals. He was named one of [[FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)|FIBA's 50 Greatest Players]] in 1991. The [[Ginásio Poliesportivo Wlamir Marques]] arena is named after him, in his honor.

== Club career ==
At the club level, Marques played as a junior with São Vicente, and at the senior level with [[Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)|XV de Novembro]], [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (basketball)|S.C. Corinthians]], and Tênis Clube Campinas. He won the [[Brazilian Basketball Championship|Brazilian League]] in 1965, 1966, and 1969, with S.C. Corinthians. He won the [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]]'s [[1965 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|1965 Test Cup]] championship, a game in which he scored 51 points.<ref>[http://www.fiba.basketball/intercontinentalcup/2019/news/brazil-legend-wlamir-marques-helped-lay-foundation-for-fiba-intercontinental-cup-with-51-point-explosion-for-corinthians Brazil legend Wlamir Marques helped lay foundation for FIBA Intercontinental Cup with 51-point explosion for Corinthians.] {{dead link|date=March 2025}}</ref><ref>[https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba/fiba-intercontinental-cup/1018715/long-rich-history-of-fiba-intercontinental-cup/ Long, rich history of FIBA Intercontinental Cup.]</ref>

== National team career ==
Marques played for the senior men's [[Brazilian national basketball team|Brazilian national team]], and with them he won the [[1959 FIBA World Championship]] and the [[1963 FIBA World Championship]] gold medals. He was [[FIBA World Cup MVP|the MVP of the 1963 FIBA World Championship]]. He also won silver medals at the [[1954 FIBA World Championship]] and [[1970 FIBA World Championship]].{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

He won bronze medals at the [[Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Summer Olympic Games]] and the [[Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympic Games]], a silver medal at the [[Basketball at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963 Pan American Games]], and bronze medals at the [[Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games|1955 Pan American Games]] and [[1959 Pan American Games]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/wlamir-marques-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110454/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/wlamir-marques-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Wlamir Marques Olympic Results |access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>

== Post-playing career ==
After his basketball playing career ended, Marques worked as a [[head coach|head]] [[basketball coach]]. He then worked as a [[sports commentator]] for basketball games on [[ESPN Brasil]], and has been an active personality on the show called, "Brazilian Basketball Reborn", working as an important voice on TV and internet channels.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

== Death ==
Marques died at Santa Magiore Hospital in [[São Paulo]], on 18 March 2025, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/basquete/noticia/2025/03/18/wlamir-marques-idolo-do-basquete-morre-aos-87-anos.ghtml |title=Wlamir Marques, ídolo do basquete, morre aos 87 anos |website=GloboEsporte |date=18 March 2025 |language=pt}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name| 6504556}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190110013818/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/80449/_//players.html FIBA Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110414/http://www.cbb.com.br/PortalCBB/Selecoes/AT?cod=3257 CBB Profile] {{in lang|pt}}

{{Brazil Squad 1954 FIBA World Championship}}
{{Brazil Men Basketball Squad 1955 Pan American Games}}
{{Brazil Squad 1959 FIBA World Championship}}
{{Brazil Men Basketball Squad 1960 Summer Olympics}}
{{Brazil Men Basketball Squad 1963 Pan American Games}}
{{Brazil Squad 1963 FIBA World Championship}}
{{Brazil Men Basketball Squad 1964 Summer Olympics}}
{{Brazil Squad 1970 FIBA World Championship}}
{{FIBA World Championship MVP Award}}
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