Tatiane Pacheco

Tatiane Pacheco
No. 10 América Basquete
Position Shooting guard
League LBF
Personal information
Born (1990-10-16) October 16, 1990
São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Listed height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Tatiane Nascimento Pacheco (born October 16, 1990) is a Brazilian basketball player for América Basquete Recife and the Brazilian national team. She begun in the sport at the age 9, and six years later was already in the junior squads of the national team. Pacheco started playing for the adult team in 2013, where she won the South American Championship and a bronze medal at Americas Championship, earning her and the Brazilian team a spot at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.[1][2]

While Pacheco was listed for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the day she would debut at the women's tournament she reported an indisposure and went to the medical staff.[3] Following examinations at the Olympic Village medical post, Pacheco was diagnosed with mumps, and had to be cut out of the roster.[4]

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