Giancarlo Marinelli (4 December 1915 – 12 May 1987)
was an Italian
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 who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics and the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
.
He was born in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
. Marinelli was part of the Italian basketball team, which finished seventh in the
Olympic tournament. He played four matches.
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part 7 the basketball tournament
1915 births
1987 deaths
Italian basketball coaches
Italian men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players of Italy
Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bologna
Virtus Bologna coaches
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