Biography

Oscar Schmidt was a Brazilian basketball player, played as an attacking defender and small forward, participant in five consecutive Olympic Games (1980-1996), in three of which he became the best sniper.

Oscar Schmidt is considered the all-time leading scorer in basketball history with 49,737 career points (pro club league play plus senior Brazil men's national team combined). He holds the record for the longest career as a professional basketball player - 29 years. He is also the top scorer in the history of the Summer Olympics and the top scorer in the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. In total, Schmidt played 38 matches at the Olympic Games and never scored less than 14 points. His best result was 55 points scored in the group stage game in Seoul 1988: Games of the XXIV Olympiad (1988) against Spain.

He completed his sports career in May 2003 at the age of 45.
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Went to five Olympic Games, but never won a medal, although he scored 1093 points in those competitions.

Scored over 40,000 points.

Won the gold medal in the 1987 Pan-American Games, in Indianapolis, in the first defeat of the U.S. basketball team at home.

Oscar Schmidt, known to his fans as simply "Oscar," became Brazil's most renowned basketball player over a career spanning 26 years. He appeared in five Olympic Games, during which he became one of the highest scorers in the history of Olympic basketball. During the Pan American Games in 1987, Oscar lead Brazil's national team to topple the American team from a long winning streak in a 120-115 victory.

Although he was drafted in 1984 by the New York Nets, Oscar remained as a key player in his native Brazil through his entire career, sailing long shots and three pointers through the hoop with legendary ease. In 2003, Oscar announced his retirement from the sport in which he became his country's greatest player.

Brother of Tadeu Schmidt.