FIBA Hall of Fame
    Giancarlo PRIMO (ITA)

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    2007
    CLASS

    Category | Coach Date of Birth | 04.11.1924 Date of Death | 27.12.2005 Country | Italy

    Clubs

    • Italian National Team: 1969-1979

    • Magnadyne/Rapident Livorno: 1980-1982

    • Cantù: 1982-1983

    • Gorizia: 1983-1984

    • Peroni Livorno: 1984-1985

    • Virtus Roma: 1987-1989

    Club Highlights

    • Champion of the 1983 European Cup for Men's Champion Clubs (current Euroleague)

    • Champion of the 1982 Intercontinental Cup

    National Team

    • 10 years (1969-1979) and 238 appearances as head coach of the Italian National Team

    • Participated in 2 Olympic Games (Munich 1972 -Italy: 4th position- and Montreal 1976 -Italy: 5th position-), 2 World Championships (Ljubljana 1970 -Italy: 4th position- and Manila 1978 -Italy: 4th position-) and 6 European Championships (1969-1979) as head coach of the Italian National Team

    • 2 times Bronze medalist in the European Championships: Essen 1971 and Belgrade 1975

    • As assistant coach of Nello Paratore in the Italian National Team: he participated in 3 Olympic Games (Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968) and in 4 European Championships (Istanbul 1959, Wroclaw 1963, Moscow 1965 and Helsinki 1967)

    • As a player of the Italian National Team: he participated in the 1948 London Olympic Games and in the European Championships of 1947 in Prague and 1949 in Cairo

    Individual Highlights

    • Member of the Technical Commission of FIBA: 1972-1978

    • Cavaliere della Repubblica, awarded by the President of the Italian Republic

    • Stella d’Oro al Merito Sportivo (Gold star to the Sports’ Merit) in 1998, awarded by the

    • Italian Olympic Committee

    • FIBA Order of Merit in 2001

    • Premio Reverberi-Oscar del Basket in 2003