Leopoldo Contarbio
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Born | April 29, 1927 | ||||||||||||||
Died | August 24, 1993 | (aged 66)||||||||||||||
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Leopoldo ("Pichón") Contarbio (April 29, 1927 – August 24, 1993) was an Argentine basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buenos Aires.[1]
In 1948 he was a member of the Argentine basketball team, which finished fifteenth in the 1948 tournament. Four years later he was a member of the basketball team which finished fourth. He played all eight games in the 1952 tournament. His biggest success came when he won the world title at the first World Championship (1950) in his native Buenos Aires.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leopoldo Contarbio Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 1993 deaths
- Argentine men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Argentina
- Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
- Basketball players from Buenos Aires
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- FIBA World Championship-winning players
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- 1950 FIBA World Championship players
- Argentine basketball biography stubs