Ottorino Flaborea
{{Short description|Italian basketball player and coach}}
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| name =
| image = Ottorino Flaborea.jpg
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| caption = Flaborea, in 1970.
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|5 March 1940}}
| birth_place = Concordia Sagittaria, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6.75
| weight_lb = 232
| career_number =
| career_position = Center
| career_start = 1959
| career_end = 1980
| coach_start = 1974
| coach_end = 1980
| years1 = 1959–1964
| team1 = Biella
| years2 = 1964–1972
| team2 = Varese
| years3 = 1972–1974
| team3 = Biella
| years4 = 1980
| team4 = Vigliano Basket Team
| cyears1 = {{0}}
| cteam1 = Biella
| cyears2 = 1974–1975
| cteam2 = Basket Brescia
| cyears3 = {{0}}
| cteam3 = Biella
| cyears4 = 1980
| cteam4 = Vigliano Basket Team
| highlights =
As player:
- 3× FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1966, 1970, 1973)
- 3× EuroLeague champion (1970, 1972, 1973)
- FIBA European Selection (1972)
- FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1967)
- 4× Italian League champion (1969–1972)
- 4× Italian Cup winner (1969–1971, 1973)
- Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2008)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
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{{MedalCompetition| Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA EuroBasket}}
{{MedalBronze|1971 Germany|}}
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Ottorino Flaborea (born 5 March 1940) is a retired Italian professional basketball player and coach. His nickname as a player, was "Captain Hook", due to his great hook shot. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2008.
Club career
Flaborea was a FIBA European Selection, in 1972.
National team career
Flaborea was a part of the senior Italian national basketball teams that won the bronze medal at the 1971 EuroBasket, and finished in fourth place at the 1965 EuroBasket. He also competed at the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympic Games, finishing in fifth, eighth, and fourth place, respectively.
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180314174214/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Ottorino%20Flaborea/pid//_//players.html FIBA Profile]
- [http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1965.roundID_2250.teamID_307.playerID_63895.html FIBA Europe Profile]
- {{Olympics.com profile|ottorino-flaborea}}
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