Juan Antonio San Epifanio
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| Full name | Juan Antonio San Epifanio Ruiz | |
| Nickname | Epi | |
| birthday | June 12, 1959 | |
| place of birth | Zaragoza , Spain | |
| size | 198 cm | |
| position | Small forward | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| 1979-1995 |
 FC Barcelona
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| 1979-1994 | Spain | 239 |
| 1 As of October 5, 2007 | ||
Juan Antonio San Epifanio Ruiz , Epi , (born June 12, 1959 in Saragossa ) is a famous Spanish basketball player .
He was one of the most important players in Europe in the 1980s, with 239 games for the Spanish national team. With FC Barcelona he won 7 championships and won 11 cup wins.
He took part with the Spanish national basketball team in the 1980 , 1984 , 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in 1984.
At the opening ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , he was the penultimate runner with the Olympic torch .
Juan Antonio San Epifanio was honored in May 2008 as one of the fifty great personalities of the sport of basketball in Europe . The award was given by the Euroleague Basketball in an official ceremony in the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid , in Madrid ( Spain ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 50 Contributors, Honored in Madrid ( Memento of July 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | San Epifanio, Juan Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Epi; San Epifanio Ruiz, Juan Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaragoza |