Norbert Thimm (born August 21, 1949 in
Dortmund,
West Germany
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) is a retired German professional
basketball player
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. He is 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) tall and played the
center
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position. He currently works for the sports management company
T.E.A.M. Consulting and is president of the
Basketball Bundesliga for Women.
Professional career
Thimm played professional basketball for the
West German
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Basketball Bundesliga teams
SSV Hagen,
TuS Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the
Spanish
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ACB team
Real Madrid. In 1972 Thimm became the first German basketball player to ever play professional basketball for an international team. Even though Thimm constantly was among
Real Madrid’s top performers, he never consistently made it into the starting lineup.
Besides winning two Spanish Championships and two Spanish Cups, Thimm has won five German Championships and five German Cups and remains one of the most successful German basketball players in history.
West German national team
As a member of the
West German national basketball team, Thimm competed at the
EuroBasket 1971
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Venues
First round
Group A – Essen
Group B – Böblingen
Knock ...
and the
1972 Summer Olympics
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. At both tournaments he was the top-scorer of the West German team. His most noteworthy performance were 21 points at a surprising victory against
Poland
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at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
References
1949 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Bayer Giants Leverkusen players
German men's basketball players
West German expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Olympic basketball players for Germany
Real Madrid Baloncesto players
Sportspeople from Dortmund
Centers (basketball)
German expatriate basketball people in Spain
West German sportsmen
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