Overview
- The former center was a two-time South American champion with Brazil, winning in 1954 and in the late 1950s, with reports citing either 1958 or 1959.
- Her international résumé includes two South American silver medals and one bronze, plus Pan American silver and bronze.
- She was part of a noted basketball lineage as sister to Maria Helena Cardoso and mother of men’s national team veteran Cadum Guimarães.
- Cadum announced funeral plans in São José dos Campos, with a wake at 10:00 and burial at 17:30 on Saturday.
- No cause of death was disclosed, and media reports indicated she died in São José dos Campos.