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Ivo Daneu (born 6 October 1937) is a retired Slovenian professional
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positions. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team 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 FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame, in 2007. He was inducted into the
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, in 2012.


Playing career


Club career

During his club career, Daneu played with Branik Maribor (1949–1956) at the junior levels, and with
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(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
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,
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, and 1969 EuroBasket, and a bronze medal at the
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.


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. The ...
(1970–71), and Rudar Trbovlje (1976).


References


External links


FIBA Profile



FIBA Hall of Fame Profile

Olimpija Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Daneu, Ivo 1937 births Living people Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games FIBA Hall of Fame inductees FIBA World Championship-winning players KK Olimpija players Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Point guards Shooting guards Slovenian basketball coaches Slovenian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Maribor Yugoslav basketball coaches Yugoslav men's basketball players 1963 FIBA World Championship players 1967 FIBA World Championship players 1970 FIBA World Championship players