# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruy-de-freitas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:12:39.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruy-de-freitas"
name: "Ruy de Freitas"
slug: "ruy-de-freitas"
description: "Ruy de Freitas, also commonly known as Tio Ruy, was a Brazilian professional basketball player and coach, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948. He was born in Macaé. At his first appearance in London he won the bronze medal with the Brazilian basketball team under the guidance of head coach Moacyr Daiuto."
tagline: "Brazilian basketball player (1916–2012)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1916-08-24"
deathDate: "2012-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.19
  momentum:             16.82795698924731
  historical:           13.73729333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Руй де Фрейтас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "روي دي فريتاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "روى دى فريتاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "روی د فریتاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%B5"
    title: "Фрейташ, Руй де"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_de_Freitas"
    title: "Ruy de Freitas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump