Gustavo da Conceição

Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição (born 8 March 1957 in Luanda) is a former Angolan basketball player. Conceição, a small forward, competed for Angola at the 1980 Africa Basketball championship, an event that marked Angola's debut in the African competition arena and at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.

Gustavo da Conceição
Personal information
Born (1957-03-08) March 8, 1957 (age 67)
Luanda, Angola
NationalityAngolan
PositionSmall forward
Career history
1º de Agosto
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Angola
AfroBasket
Silver medal – second place Alexandria 1983 Angola
Silver medal – second place Abidjan 1985 Angola
Bronze medal – third place Tunis 1987 Angola

He is a brother of Angola senior police officer Fernando Torres Vaz da Conceição aka Mussolo and of Aldemiro Justino de Aguiar Vaz da Conceição, a longtime spokesman for the President and now the President's secretary for Regional Affairs.

From December 2004 to December 2012, he served two terms as chairman of the Angolan Basketball Federation. As of May, 2005, Gustavo da Conceição has been serving a second term as chairman of the Angolan Olympic Committee.[1] Conceição is also a member of the Angolan parliament for the ruling party MPLA.

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References

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  1. ^ "Comité Olímpico Angolano" (in Portuguese). acnolympic.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-14.