Wilfredo Ruiz Bruno is a retired Uruguayan

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. In the FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship

The FIBA World Championship is an international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation , the sport's global governing body...

 of 1982

1982 FIBA World Championship

The 1982 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Colombia from August 15 to 28 , 1982.-Venues:- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:-Final round:...

, playing for Uruguay national basketball team

Uruguay national basketball team

The Uruguay national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Uruguay in international competitions.Uruguay's best achievement in basketball was obtaining the bronze medal in the both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.-Current squad:...

, he was the first scorer of the tournament in average, having 24 points per game.

At the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 in Los Angeles 1984

Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

-Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place-Preliminary Round:...

, Ruiz was one of the leaders along with Carlos Peinado

Carlos Peinado

Carlos J. Peinado Stagnero is a retired Uruguayan professional basketball player. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where the Uruguay national basketball team ended up in sixth place in the final rankings...

 and Horacio “Tato” López and finished with his team in sixth place. Nicknamed Fefo He also played for Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca

Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca

Club Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, known as Weber Bahía Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a sports club based in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club is best known for its basketball team, that currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet , the top division of the...

 in the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol

Liga Nacional de Básquetbol

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where he was the league's best scorer during its first three years of existence (1985–87).