Sauro Bufalini (28 April 1941 – 1 April 2012)
was an Italian professional
basketball
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player and
coach
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. He was inducted into the
Italian Basketball Hall of Fame
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, in 2011.
Career
Bufalini was a member of the
FIBA European Selection
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team, in 1965. Bufalini was also a member of the senior
Italian national basketball team
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. He competed at the
1964 Summer Olympic Games, and at the
1968 Summer Olympic Games, and finished in fifth and eighth place, respectively.
References
External links
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FIBA ProfileItalian League Profile
1941 births
2012 deaths
Italian men's basketball players
1967 FIBA World Championship players
Italian basketball coaches
Olympic basketball players of Italy
Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Partenope Napoli Basket players
Pallacanestro Varese players
Sportspeople from Pisa
Reyer Venezia players
Centers (basketball)
Libertas Liburnia Basket Livorno players
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