Stefania Passaro (born 11 December 1963) is an Italian retired

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, a journalist and a certified European Financial Planner. She is tall. Born at

Rapallo Rapallo ( , , ) is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, located in the Liguria region of northern Italy. As of 2017 it had 29,778 inhabitants. It lies on the Ligurian Sea coast, on the Tigullio Gulf, between Portofino and Chiav ...

, she played professionally in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

for 17 seasons, from 1978 to 1995, earning the European Cup for Women's Champion Clubs for 6 times and National Championships for 10 times. She played 178 official games on the National Italian Team, beginning in 1980 and including 6 European Championships, one World Championship serving as captain, and the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

References

* Article in Italian

External links

Official website of the World Olympians Association
1963 births Living people People from Rapallo Italian women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Italy Sportspeople from the Province of Genoa 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-basketball-bio-stub