Andro Knego

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Andro Knego (2010)

Andrija "Andro" Knego (born October 21, 1956 in Dubrovnik , Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav basketball player who was world champion in 1978 and Olympic champion in 1980.

successes

The 2.05 m tall center Andro Knego played in his career mainly at KK Cibona Zagreb , with this club he was Yugoslav champions in 1982, 1984 and 1985. Knego also worked as a professional in Spain at Club Deportivo Cajamadrid and in Italy at Montecatiniterme Basketball .

Knego was already successful internationally as a teenager. In 1973 he took third place at the European Championships with the national cadet team. In 1974 he was European Junior Champion. With the Yugoslav national team he took part in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. But he was only used in the preliminary round defeat against the United States . The Yugoslavs met the US team again in the final and won the silver medal.

At the World Basketball Championship in Manila in 1978 there was initially a final round in which the Yugoslavs remained undefeated. The first two teams of the final round met in the final, Yugoslavia won against the USSR team with 82:81 after extra time. Two years later there was also a final round at the 1980 Olympic Games . In the final, the two best teams from the final round met each other. The Yugoslavs defeated the Italians with 86:77 points. Knego was used in eight games and scored 25 points over the course of the tournament. In the final, he contributed four points and three rebounds.

In 1981 the team from the Soviet Union won the European basketball championship in Czechoslovakia in front of the Yugoslavs with 84:67, Knego scored ten points in the final. The following year, the Yugoslavs finished third at the 1982 World Basketball Championship in Cali. The Yugoslav team also won bronze at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Knego scored 54 points in eight games. At his last major tournament, the 1985 European Basketball Championship in Germany, Knego scored 81 points in eight games. The tournament was disappointing for the Yugoslavs, however, because they were first in the group after the preliminary round against Czechoslovakia in the quarter-finals and ultimately only finished seventh.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Medal winner at basketball world championships at sport-komplett.de
  2. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1981 at archive.fiba.com
  3. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1985 at archive.fiba.com
personal data
SURNAME Knego, Andro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knego, Andrija
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Dubrovnik , Yugoslavia