Magnus Pelkowski
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| birthday | 13th August 1965 (age 55) | |
| place of birth | Bogotá , Colombia | |
| size | 207 cm | |
| position | Power Forward / Center | |
| college | Indiana | |
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1984–1989 Indiana Hoosiers ( NCAA ) 1989–1990 SSV Ulm 1846 1991–1992 TTL Bamberg 1992–1993 SG Braunschweig 
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Magnus Pelkowski (born August 13, 1965 in Bogotá , Colombia ) is a former German- Colombian basketball player . Pelkowski is considered the first player with German citizenship to win a championship in the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship in the United States . After completing his studies, he played for a few years as a professional in the German basketball league . He now lives in western Mecklenburg and works as a landscape designer and freelance artist.
Career
Pelkowski went from his native country to study in the USA and got a sports scholarship at Indiana University through the contacts of his trainer with the well-known college trainer Bobby Knight . After an opening season with 15 appearances in the Hoosiers called basketball team of the university, he was not registered for the squad of the team in the second season. In 1986 he was reactivated by the military drill value coach Knight for the basketball squad and in the end the team won the college championship in 1987 with Pelkowski, who got little playing time as a supplementary player. After two more years in the Hoosiers squad, in which his shares hardly increased , Pelkowski graduated from the States in 1989.
In 1989 he got a professional contract in his parents' home country and played in Ulm for SSV 1846 in the BBL. For the 1990/91 season he first returned to the Ulm team, but was suspended in the first game of the season after an attack on a referee. The following season he was directed by coach Terence Schofield to Bamberg , where he and the team won the 1992 cup, the first national title for this club. He then played for SG Braunschweig in the BBL. A serious shoulder injury, which he suffered in a duel with Olaf Blab , the brother of his former teammate at the Hoosiers Uwe Blab , let him end his basketball career.
Web links
- Nice Dunk: Who's Number One? - Article about & interview with Pelkowski from April 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Schoenen-Dunk.de: Who is number one? , Article from 'The Bloob' dated April 4, 2011 on the Nice Dunk website, accessed April 6, 2011
- ↑ Indystar.com: Indiana University Basketball Database2: Magnus Pelkowski ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), Pelkowski statistics for the Hoosiers on the Indianapolis Star website , accessed April 6, 2011
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| SURNAME | Pelkowski, Magnus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Colombian basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bogotá , Colombia |