Duje Krstulović

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Dujam "Duje" Krstulović (born February 5, 1953 in Split , Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav basketball player who was world champion in 1978 and Olympic champion in 1980.

successes

The 2.03 m tall power forward Duje Krstulović played for KK Split , but later worked abroad.

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. Duje Krstulović was used in eight games and scored a total of 61 points.

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. Krstulović was used in three games and scored six points over the course of the tournament.

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Footnotes

  1. Medal winner at basketball world championships at sport-komplett.de
  2. Player statistics at the 1978 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  3. According to SportsReference