Jure Balažič (born September 12, 1980) is a Slovenian retired professional

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player. He is a 204 cm tall

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position.

Slovenia national team

Balažić was first time called to Slovenia national basketball team in 2012 on prep camp. He made his official debut on

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, making him the oldest debutant for Slovenia at 31 years, 11 months, and 23 days. He was also member of Slovenia at

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. He represented Slovenia at the

2015 EuroBasket EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 Sept ...

where they were eliminated by

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in eighth finals.

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