Dino Meneghin is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats. A 2.06 m tall center, Meneghin was born in Alano di Piave, Veneto. On 20 November 1966, when he was 16 years old, he played in his first game in the Italian League, with Ignis Varese. He played the last game of his career at the age of 45.
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be one of the best European basketball players of all time, and was given the honour of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow.
The Lebanon men's national basketball team, controlled by the Lebanese Basketball Federation (FLB), has represented Lebanon in basketball since its inception in 1947. The squad is governed by FIBA, and is part of the FIBA Asia zone.
Şaziye İvegin is a Turkish retired professional basketball player.
Saulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player, basketball coach and businessman. Štombergas is one of the greatest Lithuanian basketball players of all time, and he was also considered to be a great team leader, as he managed to play very well under pressure, and at the end of games. He was also known for his 3-point shooting ability.
Dejan Tomašević is a Serbian professional basketball executive, former player and politician serving as a member of the National Assembly since 6 February 2024. He is a member of the ruling populist Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
Georgios "Giorgos" Diamantopoulos is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'5" tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scoring ability.
Branislav Prelević is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He is commonly referred to by his nickname Bane.
Hernán "Pancho" Emilio Jasen Cicarelli is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player. Born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, and standing at a height of 6'6 1⁄2" tall, he played mainly at the small forward position, but he could also play at the shooting guard position.
Sharnee Zoll-Norman is an American former professional basketball player. Zoll-Norman played throughout Europe and most recently with the Chicago Sky of the WNBA.
The Slovakia women's national basketball team represents Slovakia in international women's basketball, and is run by the Slovak Basketball Association. Slovakia are one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993, with both teams continuing as the successor state of Czechoslovakia.
Laia Palau Altés is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Spar CityLift Girona. At 314, she is the most capped player in the Spain women's national basketball team, after being in the senior team for two decades (2002-2021). With 12 medals in final tournaments, she is also the top medallist.
Krystyna Szymańska-Lara is a Polish former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Vassilis Charalampopoulos is a Greek professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
Nieves Emilia Anula Alameda, known as Nieves Anula (born 1 May 1973 is a Spanish former basketball player. She scored 28 points against Lithuania in the third-place match of the 2001 Eurobasket, winning the bronze medal with the Spanish national team.
Nihad Izić is a Turkish-Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player.
Dejan Jakara is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the SC Derby of the Prva A Liga and the Adriatic League.
Klaudia Anna Sosnowska is a Polish basketball player playing the position of small forward. Since 2019, a player of SKK Polonia Warsaw, previously playing in the Women's Basket League in clubs: King Wilki Morskie Szczecin, Basket Konin, Widzew Łódź, TS Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski, Energa Toruń i Ślęza Wrocław. As of 2019, a player of the Polish women's national team in 3x3 basketball, since 2021 Polish women's national team in 5x5 basketball.
Bohdan Bartosiewicz pseud. "Bartek" was a Polish basketball and volleyball player and coach. He was bronze medalist of the European Basketball Championship in 1939.
Giedrė Paugaitė–Labuckienė is a Lithuanian basketball player who competes in the position of heavy winger. She has played in the top leagues in Lithuania, France, Belarus, Latvia, Poland, and Spain.
