Emilio Giassetti (February 11, 1906 – July 4, 1957) was an Italian

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 who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

. He was born in

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. Giassetti was part of the Italian basketball team that finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches.

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1906 births 1957 deaths Sportspeople from Trieste People from Austrian Littoral Italian Austro-Hungarians Italian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Italy Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Italy-basketball-bio-stub