Giovanni Gavagnin

{{Short description|Italian basketball player and coach (1936–2013)}}

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| name = Giovanni Gavagnin

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| nationality = Italian

| birth_date = 15 September 1936

| birth_place = Portogruaro, Italy

| death_date = 3 March 2013 (aged 76)

| death_place = Caserta, Italy

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6.75

| weight_lb = 208

| career_number =

| career_position = Center

| career_start = 1960

| career_end = 1976

| coach_start = 1965

| coach_end = 2006

| years1 = 1960–1967

| team1 = Varese

| years2 = 1967–1970

| team2 = Partenope

| years3 = 1970–1975

| team3 = Varese

| years4 = 1975–1976

| team4 = Juvecaserta

| cyears1 = 1965–1966

| cteam1 = Varese

| cyears2 = 1967–1968

| cteam2 = Partenope

| cyears3 = 1975–1976

| cteam3 = Juvecaserta

| cyears4 = 1978–1980

| cteam4 = Juvecaserta

| cyears5 = 2004–2006

| cteam5 = Pantere Basket Femminile (assistant)

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Giovanni Angelo Gavagnin (15 September 1936 – 3 March 2013) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. In 2009, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.

Club career

During his pro club career, Gavagnin won the 1969–70 season's FIBA Saporta Cup championship.

National team career

Gavagnin was a part of the senior Italian national basketball teams that finished in fourth and fifth place at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics, respectively.

References

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[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/giovanni-gavagnin-1.html Giovanni Gavagnin ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191018/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/giovanni-gavagnin-1.html |date=3 March 2016 }}. sports-reference.com

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