Itamar Marzel (; born May 16, 1949) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the

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position. He played in the Israeli Premier Basketball League, and for the

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Biography

Marzel was born in Israel, and grew up on Kibbutz Yagur. He is 1.85 m tall. He played 13 seasons in the Israeli Premier Basketball League, for Hapoel Gilboa/Afula, Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Gvat, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Hapoel Yagur. Marzel also played for the

in the 1969 European Championship for Men, 1971 European Championship for Men, 1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, 1973 European Championship for Men, 1975 European Championship for Men, 1976 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, 1977 European Championship for Men, and 1980 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.

References

Living people 1949 births People from Yagur Sportspeople from Haifa District Israeli men's basketball players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Hapoel Haifa B.C. players Hapoel Gilboa/Afula players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Basketball players at the 1970 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games gold medalists for Israel Asian Games silver medalists for Israel 20th-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-basketball-bio-stub