Cándido Antonio Sibilio Hughes, most commonly known as Chicho Sibilio (3 October 1958 – 10 August 2019), was a Dominican-Spanish professional

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player and

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. During his pro club playing career, Sibilio, who was well-known for being a great three-point shooter, won the

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championship in

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, and the

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championship in 1986. He was also a EuroLeague Finalist in

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. As a member of the senior Spanish national team, he competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games.

Early years and youth career

Sibilio was born and raised in the

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. He grew up starring in

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competitions in the sports of

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and basketball. In February 1976, at the age of 17, he moved to

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. He acquired Spanish citizenship roughly a year later, on 16 June 1977. With Barca's youth team, he won the ISF World Schools' Championship in 1977.

Professional career

During his professional club career, Sibilio played with the Spanish club

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, from 1976 to 1989. With Barcelona, he won Spain's top-tier level

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and Spanish ACB league championship five times, in the years

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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

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, and

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. With Barcelona, he also won eight

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titles (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,

, and

), and the Spanish Super Cup title in 1987. With Barcelona, in international club competition, he won the European-wide 2nd-tier level FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup championship, in the 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons, and the European-wide 3rd-tier level

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championship, in the 1986–87 season. He also won the

championship in 1986, and the 1985 edition of the

championship. He was never able to win Europe's top-tier level club competition, the

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, however he did play in the

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in the 1983–84 season, and in the

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. Sibilio also played with the Spanish club Tau Vitoria, before he retired, and put an end to his club playing career, after the conclusion of the 1992–93 Spanish League season.

National team career

Dominican Republic

Sibilio was a member of the senior men's Dominican Republic national team. With the Dominican Republic, he played at the 1975 FIBA CentroBasket, and the 1977 FIBA CentroBasket. He won the gold medal at the 1977 FIBA CentroBasket.

Spain

Sibilio was also a member of the senior men's Spanish national team. With Spain's senior national team, he played at the following major

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international tournaments: the

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, the 1981 FIBA EuroBasket, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the 1987 FIBA EuroBasket. He won the silver medal with Spain at the 1983 FIBA EuroBasket. With Spain's national team, he had a total of 87

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, in which he scored a total of 1,324 points, for a career

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scoring average of 15.2

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Death

Sibilio died on 10 August 2019, at a property he owned in

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, on the southern coast of the

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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