Sauro Bufalini (28 April 1941 – 1 April 2012)
was an Italian professional
basketball
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player and
coach. He was inducted into the
Italian Basketball Hall of Fame
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, in 2011.
Career
Bufalini was a member of the
FIBA European Selection
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team, in 1965. Bufalini was also a member of the senior
Italian national basketball team
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Italy has qualified for 38 EuroBasket tournaments, winning two gold medals ( ...
. He competed at the
1964 Summer Olympic Games, and at the
1968 Summer Olympic Games, and finished in fifth and eighth place, respectively.
References
External links
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FIBA ProfileItalian League Profile
1941 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Italian sportsmen
1967 FIBA World Championship players
Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Centers (basketball)
Italian basketball coaches
Italian men's basketball players
Libertas Liburnia Basket Livorno players
Olympic basketball players for Italy
Pallacanestro Varese players
Partenope Napoli Basket players
Reyer Venezia players
Sportspeople from Pisa
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