Rainer Pethran

{{Short description|West German basketball player (1950–2019)}}

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| name = Rainer Pethran

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| nationality = German

| sport = Basketball

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|11|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Augsburg, West Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|9|2|1950|11|26|df=yes}}{{cite news|title = Ehemaliger Basketball-Nationalspieler Rainer Pethran gestorben|newspaper = Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung|language = de|date = 6 September 2019|url = https://www.noz.de/sport/andere/artikel/1867475/ehemaliger-basketball-nationalspieler-rainer-pethran-gestorben|access-date = 6 September 2019}}

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Rainer Pethran (26 November 1950 – 2 September 2019) was a West German basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/rainer-pethran-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122506/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/rainer-pethran-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Rainer Pethran Olympic Results |accessdate=11 July 2018}}