Washington Poyet

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Basketball player
Washington Poyet
Player information
Full name Washington Augusto Poyet Carreras
birthday January 12, 1939
place of birth Montevideo , Uruguay
date of death June 16, 2007
Place of death Montevideo , Uruguay
size 192 cm
Clubs as active
Tabaré
Club Atlético Peñarol
National team
1958 - ???? Uruguay

Washington Poyet , full name Washington Augusto Poyet Carreras , (born January 12, 1939 in Montevideo , † June 16, 2007 there ) was a Uruguayan basketball player .

Career

society

Depending on the sources, 1.88 meters or 1.89 meters or, according to his own statement, 1.92 meters tall Poyet, father of the former national soccer player and today's coach Gustavo Poyet , grew up in the Montevidean district of Parque de los Aliados (in today's Parque Batlle ) . According to his own statements, he always preferred football, but later became one of Uruguay's most important basketball players. At a young age he played in the youth team of the Uruguayan professional football club Danubio . Poyet was active in basketball at club level with Tabaré and Club Atlético Peñarol . With Tabaré, Poyet, who plays with the number 7 on his back and is called "Indio", won the Uruguayan championship in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 and 1968. He won his sixth championship title with the Aurinegros .

National team

For the national selection teams of Uruguay Poyet was also nominated and made his debut at the South American Basketball Championship in 1958 , in which Uruguay secured the runner-up title. He played his first game for Uruguay against Colombia when he stepped on the pitch ten minutes from coach López for Ramiro Cortés, who had already been cautioned for three fouls . He scored eight personal points in the remaining playing time. He was part of the national team that reached ninth place in the final ranking of the 1959 World Basketball Championship . This was followed by a fourth place with Poyet in the Celeste squad at the South American Basketball Championship in Córdoba in 1960 . He participated with Uruguay in both the 1960 Olympic Games and - in the role of team captain - in the 1964 Olympic Games . At the games in Rome and under coach Raúl Ballefín in Tokyo , he finished eighth with his home country. In 1963 he was a member of the Uruguayan squad at the Pan American Games . In the same year he was the most successful basket scorer of the tournament with 102 points at the South American Championships held in Peru . Uruguay finished third in the competition. At the basketball world championship in 1967 in Montevideo, he classified with the Celeste in seventh place. In 1968 another South American championship followed with his participation. The following year he won the title with the national team trained by Jorge Bassaizteguy in this continental competition held in Poyets' home country . Poyet was buried in the Cementerio Parque de los Recuerdos .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Washington Poyet at www.basketball-reference.com, accessed January 10, 2014
  2. ↑ Washington Poyet in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on January 10, 2014
  3. ↑ "Aquí lo que es el progresa atraso" (Spanish) in El País on 21 May 2005. Retrieved on January 12, 2014
  4. ↑ "Aquí lo que es el progresa atraso" (Spanish) in El País on 21 May 2005. Retrieved on January 12, 2014
  5. ↑ Uruguay - Preliminary Round 1959 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.fiba.com, accessed January 10, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fiba.com
  6. ↑ LOS JUEGOS DE TOKIO ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from museo.urubasket.com, accessed January 12, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / museo.urubasket.com
  7. ^ Fallció el uruguayo Washington Poyet, destacado ex jugador de baloncesto (Spanish) at www.acb.com from June 17, 2007, accessed on January 10, 2014
  8. ^ Fallció uruguayo Washington Poyet destacado ex jugador de baloncesto (Spanish) on www.terra.com.mx from June 17, 2007, accessed on January 10, 2014
  9. ↑ Washington Poyet on www.fiba.com, accessed on January 11, 2014
  10. ↑ Se fue un titán del basquetbol (Spanish) in La República of June 17, 2007, accessed on January 11, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Poyet, Washington
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poyet Carreras, Washington Augusto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 2007
Place of death Montevideo , Uruguay