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"Sport is built on epic stories, but Aida dos Santos' is special: a poor black woman, she was the only Brazilian athlete to participate in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Dos Santos went to Japan alone, without money, a coach or a uniform to compete. Contrary to all expectations, she won fourth place in the high jump, becoming the first Brazilian finalist in Olympic games in history. Her fourth place was the best classification of a Brazilian athlete in the Olympics until the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Bringing this little known story to most Brazilians, we invited fashion designer Carol Barreto to create and produce the uniform that should have accompanied dos Santos in her competitions. The athlete, now in her 80s, was gifted the items, which were also sold in a limited edition collection on the brand's e-commerce site."