Damir Šolman (7 September 1948 – 2 May 2023) was a Croatian professional basketball player.

Professional career

Šolman was a

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, in 1974.

National team career

Šolman competed with the senior

Yugoslavian national basketball team The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; ; ) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

, the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

, and in the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

(where he was the team's

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). With the Yugoslav national team, he played in 226

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, and scored 1,785 points.

Death

Šolman died in May 2023, at the age of 74.

References

1948 births 2023 deaths Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Croatian men's basketball players KK Split players Olympic basketball players for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Yugoslav men's basketball players 1970 FIBA World Championship players 1974 FIBA World Championship players Basketball players from Zagreb Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games Small forwards FIBA World Championship–winning players Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball {{Croatia-basketball-bio-stub

Professional career

National team career

Death

See also

References