Damiris Dantas

Who is Damiris Dantas?

Damiris Dantas do Amaral is a Brazilian female basketball player. Together with the Brazilian team she won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, Chile. Dantas was also named MVP at that tournament. She was also champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women with the Brazil women's national basketball team.

Dantas was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the 2012 WNBA Draft. Dantas was not expected to play in the WNBA until after the 2012 Olympic Games.