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Ivo Daneu (born 6 October 1937) is a retired Slovenian professional
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player and
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. During his playing career, at a height of 1.91 m (6'3") tall, he played at the
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and
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positions. He represented the
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internationally. He was voted the Best Sportsperson of the Year in Yugoslavia, in 1967, and the Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year, in 1969. He was named one of
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in 1991. He was enshrined into the
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, in 2007. He was inducted into the
Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame The Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame (slovene: "''Hram slavnih slovenskih športnikov''") was founded in 2011 by the Society of Slovenian Sports Journalists (''Društvo športnih novinarjev Slovenije'') and includes best Slovenian athletes of all ti ...
, in 2012.


Playing career


Club career

During his
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career, Daneu played with Branik Maribor (1949–1956) at the junior levels, and with
AŠK 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 ...
(1956–1970), at the senior men's level. With AŠK Olimpija, he won the Yugoslav First Federal League championship six times (1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, and 1970). He was a
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National team career

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with the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team">Yugoslavian national team, from 1956 to 1970. With Yugoslavia's senior team, he won the following medals: the gold medal at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, the silver medal at the Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympic Games, silver medals at the 1963 FIBA World Championship and the 1967 FIBA World Championship (where he was also voted the tournament's MVP), silver medals at the 1961 EuroBasket,
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, and 1969 EuroBasket, and a bronze medal at the
1963 EuroBasket The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation ...
.


Coaching career

Daneu was the
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of
AŠK 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 ...
(1970–71), and Rudar Trbovlje (1976).


References


External links


FIBA Profile



FIBA Hall of Fame Profile

Olimpija Profile
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