Dwight Alexis Lewis Padron (born October 7, 1987) is an American-Venezuelan former professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player.
College career
Lewis played
college basketball
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at
USC, with the
USC Trojans
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.
Professional career
In his pro career, Lewis has played in the
1st-tier FIBA Americas League
The FIBA Americas League ( Portuguese: ''FIBA Liga das Américas'', Spanish: ''FIBA Liga de las Américas''), officially abbreviated as the LDA, was the premier intercontinental basketball club competition played annually by clubs of the entire ...
.
National team career
Lewis represented the senior men's
Venezuelan national basketball team
The Venezuela national basketball team is organized and run by the Venezuelan Basketball Federation (FVB). ( es, link=no, Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto) They won the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup.
Venezuela qualified for two Summer Olympiads: 1992, ...
at the
2015 FIBA Americas Championship
The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Brazil. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico. The tournament was ...
and the
2016 South American Championship, where he won gold medals. He also played at the men's basketball competition at the
2016 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Romania
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Venezuela
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Trotamundos B.B.C. players
USC Trojans men's basketball players
Venezuelan men's basketball players
Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Argentina
Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Spain
Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in the United States
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Venezuelan people of American descent
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela
Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games