Gregor Hrovat (born August 18, 1994) is a Slovenian professional

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player for

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of the

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and the

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. With his 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) he plays as a

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. He also represents the

Slovenian national team Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Sl ...

Early life

Hrovat was born in the coastal city of Koper, Slovenia, where he also started his basketball career at Koš Koper. He was a member of the Slovenian U-16, U-18 and U-20 national team. He played at the

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where he averaged 15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Next year he also played in

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating team ...

Professional career

Hrovat signed his first professional basketball deal in 2011 with Helios Domžale. In his first year he was loaned to BC Logatec for one season. In 2012 he returned to Helios Domžale where he played till 2014. He also played 2014 Slovenian All Star Game.

Union / Petrol Olimpija

On May 25, 2014, he signed a three-year deal with the Slovenian team

Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...

. In the years 2014 - 2016 he played Slovenian league,

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and the EuroCup. In 2016 he signed a new deal extending his contract with Olimpija for additional year. In 2016-2017 he became a team captain and led

to victory in

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, averaging 12 points, 6.8 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 4 steals. The same year they also became Slovenian League champions after 7 years. In 37 games he averaged 12.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.2 steals. The same year he also played in

, where he averaged 10.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4 assists, and in EuroCup, where in 8 games he averaged 9.5 points. In his last year with Petrol Olimpija he won the

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and Slovenian League. This was his best season as he averaged 12 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.9 steals in

, and 11.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.7 steals in his first year off playing Champions League.

Medi Bayreuth

On July 2, 2018, Hrovat signed a one year deal with German club

Medi Bayreuth Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany. It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest division o ...

. He showed great performances in

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, such as against

SC Rasta Vechta Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the ProA, the second tier of professional Basketball in Germany. Founded in 1979, the club spent the majority of its history in the lower-tier ...

when he scored 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and a block. He also played 14 Champions League games that year, averaging 8.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.7 steals in 22 minutes. He showed that he is really a versatile player, especially at the games against

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and

Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn, also known as Baskets Bonn, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, which is German basketball league system, the highest level pro basketball le ...

where he scored 13 points and added 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in the first game and 16 points, 3 assists and 5 steals in the second.

Afyon Belediye

On September 5, 2019, he signed with Afyon Belediye of the Turkish

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(BSL). On March 8, 2020, he played his most efficient match in Turkish

, against

Tofaş S.K. Tofaş Spor Kulübü (''English: Tofaş Sports Club'') (more commonly known as Tofaş) is a professional basketball team that is based in Bursa, Turkey. Their home arena is the Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu, with a capacity of 7,500 seats. The team ...

where he scored 17 points and added 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals. Hrovat averaged 12.4 points, 4 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. He was the 5th stealer of the Turkish league with 39 steals in 21 games.

Cholet

On September 1, 2020, he signed an open-contract with the

Helios Suns The Helios Suns are a men's professional basketball club based in Domžale, Slovenia. The club competes in the Slovenian First League and the ABA League Second Division. They have won the national league in the 2006–07 and 2015–16 seasons. Sin ...

. However, on September 20 he instead signed with

Cholet Basket Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie. Established in 1975, Cholet won its first French championship in the 2009–10 season. In 19 ...

of the French

league. He quickly adapted to the French league and became one of the Cholet lead players. In 33 games in

he averaged 12.9 points with 60.5% shooting for 2 points and 35.4% for 3, 3.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.7 steal per game. He showed the best performances against

JL Bourg Basket Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A. Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people. History In 2014, J ...

and

Orléans Loiret Basket Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known as Entente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Orléans, France. "45" is the number of Loiret. The club plays in the French Pro A Lea ...

where he ended the game with the efficiency of 30. In this particular games he gathered 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals (against Bourg) and 22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals (against Orleans). He also played 6 games in

, where he averaged 10.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steal. He was the first player in a 5 year

history that had 10+ points, 10+ assists, 5+ rebounds and 5+ steals in a single game. He managed to accomplish that at the home game against

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where he put up 13 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds and 5 steals, with a 23 efficiency.

Élan Béarnais

On July 10, 2021, he signed with

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of the French

. They competed in the Coupe de France where they had 6 games in total. On the 26th of March 2022 they won against

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in the quarterfinals with 93-72. They followed up with another win in semifinals the next day against

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. Hrovat earned the MVP of semifinals title when in 20 minutes he obtained an impressive 19 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. On April 23, 2022, they won the Coupe de France finals against

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in Paris and became the French Cup winners of 2022.

JDA Dijon

On July 11, 2022, he signed with

of the French

and the

Slovenian national team

Hrovat made his debut for the

on November 24, 2017, at the

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game against Belarus national team.Slovenia-Belarus boxscore.
/ref> Since then he played 6 more games in the FIBA World Cup qualifications and averaged 7.6 points, 3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game. In June 2021, he was part of the team that represented Slovenia in 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Kaunas, Lithuania. Slovenia played 4 games. Group phase against

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(Hrovat put up 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist) and

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(Hrovat managed to get 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist), semifinals against

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and finals against

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. They won the qualifying tournament and qualified to the

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. He was later also part of the team at the

where

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finished in the 4th place.

References

External links

Union Olimpija profile

Eurobasket.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hrovat, Gregor 1994 births Living people Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor players Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cholet Basket players Élan Béarnais players Helios Suns players JDA Dijon Basket players KK Olimpija players Medi Bayreuth players Olympic basketball players of Slovenia Shooting guards Slovenian expatriate basketball people in France Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Germany Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Slovenian men's basketball players Small forwards Sportspeople from Koper