Héctor José "Guanaco" Costa Massironi (30 July 1929 – 23 May 2010) was a Uruguayian

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player. He won twice the bronze medal with the men's

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at the

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: in 1952 and 1956. He competed in three consecutive Olympics for his native country, starting in 1952 (

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). He died in 2010, aged 80. His remains are buried at

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Héctor Costa's obituary
1929 births 2010 deaths Basketball players from Montevideo Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Uruguay Olympic bronze medalists for Uruguay Uruguayan men's basketball players Place of death missing Olympic medalists in basketball Burials at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1954 FIBA World Championship players 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-Olympic-medalist-stub