Héctor Costa
Appearance
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Born | Montevideo, Uruguay | 30 July 1929|||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 May 2010 | (aged 80)|||||||||||||||||
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Héctor José "Guanaco" Costa Massironi (30 July 1929 – 23 May 2010) was a Uruguayian basketball player.
He won twice the bronze medal with the men's national team at the Summer Olympics: in 1952 and 1956. He competed in three consecutive Olympics for his native country, starting in 1952 (Helsinki, Finland).[1]
He died in 2010, aged 80. His remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Héctor Costa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- Héctor Costa at FIBA
- Héctor Costa – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
- Héctor Costa at Olympedia
- Héctor Costa's obituary (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2010 deaths
- Basketball players from Montevideo
- Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Uruguay
- Olympic bronze medalists for Uruguay
- Uruguayan men's basketball players
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Burials at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 1954 FIBA World Championship players
- Uruguayan basketball biography stubs
- South American Olympic medalist stubs
- Uruguayan sportspeople stubs