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Born | 12 March 1938 (1938-03-12) Teramo, Italy | |||||||||||
Died | 4 May 2024 (2024-05-05) (aged 86) Bologna, Italy | |||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Basketball | |||||||||||
Club | Virtus Bologna | |||||||||||
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Giusto Corrado Pellanera (12 March 1938 – 4 May 2024) was an Italian basketball player. He won a gold medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games and finished fifth and eighth at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, respectively. His team placed fourth at EuroBasket 1965. He played 107 matches with the Italian national team, making 582 points. After his retirement in 1973, he served as a coach for the Serie A2 team Pordenone, and as a president for Teramo Basket. Pellanera died in Bologna on 4 May 2024, at the age of 86.
References
- Corrado Pellanera. legabasket.it
- Giusto Pellanera Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Zigiotti, Luca (4 May 2024). "Addio a Corrado Pellanera, storico coach che ha portato il basket pordenonese ai vertici nazionali". Messaggero Veneto (in Italian). Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- "E' morto Corrado Pellanera, un gigante della pallacanestro italiana". emmelle.it (in Italian). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- Ci ha lasciati Giusto Pellanera. Le condoglianze del presidente Petrucci (in Italian)
External links
- Corrado Pellanera at FIBA.com (archived)
- Corrado Pellanera at FIBA.com (archived)
- Corrado Pellanera – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
- Corrado Pellanera at Olympedia
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- 1938 births
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- Olympic basketball players for Italy
- Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
- Italian men's basketball players
- 1963 FIBA World Championship players
- 1967 FIBA World Championship players
- People from Teramo
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian basketball biography stubs