Vicente Ramos Cecilio (born 18 March 1947) is a Spanish retired professional

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. At a height of 1.80 m (5'11") tall, and a weight of 79 kg (175 lbs), he played at the

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position.

Club career

Ramos was a

FIBA European Selection FIBA All-Star Games were all-star basketball exhibition games, which were also known as "FIBA Festivals". The "FIBA Festival All-Star Games" were held from 1964 to 1995. The FIBA European Selection teams won most of the FIBA Festival All-Star Ga ...

, in 1970.

Spain national team

With the senior

Spain men's national basketball team The Spain men's national basketball team ( es, Selección Española de Baloncesto) represents Spain in international basketball competitions. They are managed by the Spanish Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Spain. Spa ...

, Ramos played at 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 ...

, and at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. He won a silver medal at

EuroBasket 1973 The 1973 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1973, was the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues Group stage Group A – Badalona Group B – Barcelona Knocko ...

Awards and accomplishments

*9× Spanish League Champion: (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) *7×

Spanish Cup The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

Winner: (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977) *2× EuroLeague

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: (1974, 1978) *3×

FIBA Intercontinental Cup The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has be ...

Champion: (1976, 1977, 1978)

Personal

Ramos is the uncle of

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player

Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...

References

External links

FIBA Profile 1
1947 births Living people People from Ciudad Rodrigo Sportspeople from the Province of Salamanca Spanish men's basketball players 1974 FIBA World Championship players Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Spain Real Madrid Baloncesto players Point guards {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub