Ricardo Antonio Pontvianne (20 October 1943 – 13 August 2018)Rico Pontvianne's obituary
was a Mexican

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player who competed in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

and in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. He was born in

Tampico, Tamaulipas Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth ...

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1943 births 2018 deaths Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1967 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Tamaulipas Mexican men's basketball players 1963 FIBA World Championship players 1967 FIBA World Championship players Mexican people of French descent Olympic basketball players for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in basketball Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Sportspeople from Tampico, Tamaulipas Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games {{Mexico-basketball-bio-stub