Damiris Dantas
Dantas with the Minnesota Lynx in 2019 | |
| No. 12 – Botaş SK | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | Turkish Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 17, 1992 Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Brazil |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 214 lb (97 kg) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 2012: 1st round, 12th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Minnesota Lynx |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2011 | COC/Jundiaí |
| 2011–2012 | Real Celta Vigo |
| 2012 | Ourinhos |
| 2013 | Maranhao |
| 2013–2015 | Americana |
| 2014–2015 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2015; 2017 | Atlanta Dream |
| 2019–2023 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2023–2024 | OGM Ormanspor |
| 2024–present | Indiana Fever |
| 2024–present | Botaş SK |
| Career highlights | |
| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Medals | |
Damiris Dantas do Amaral (born November 17, 1992) is a Brazilian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Botaş SK of the Turkish Super League.
Together with the junior Brazilian team, she won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, Chile, and was named Most Valuable Player at that tournament. That same year, Dantas was also champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women with the senior national team, and won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Dantas began to play basketball at Janeth Arcain's basketball institute at the age of 13. Within four years, she had become a professional.
Dantas played for Ourinhos in 2012, Maranhão in 2013, and Americana in 2013–2015.