Petar Skansi

Petar Skansi

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Personal information
Born	(1943-11-23) November 23, 1943 Sumartin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Listed height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	104 kg (229 lb)
Career information
Pro career	1970–1976
Career history
Jugoplastika (1970–72) Scavolini Pesaro (1972–73) Jugoplastika (1973–76)

Petar Skansi

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver	1968 Mexico City	Team
World Championship
Silver	1967 Uruguay	Team
Gold	1970 Yugoslavia	Team
European Championships
Silver	1965 Soviet Union	Team

Petar Skansi (born 23 November 1943 in Sumartin) is a former Croatian basketball player and coach. During his playing career he played for Jugoplastika and Scavolini Pesaro. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.

He was member of the Yugoslav national basketball team squad which won silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

After retiring from playing in 1976 Skansi began coaching and later led Yugoslavia to third place in the 1979 European Championship. After Croatia's independence in 1991 he became the Croatia national basketball team coach and won silver medal with Croatia in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Between the 1970s and early 2000s he coached a number of Italian teams and his best achievement in club sports was winning the 1992 Italian Championship with Pallacanestro Treviso.

For his achievements he was awarded the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport twice, in 1992 and 2003.

External links

• Petar Skansi at Sports-Reference.com