Renzo Vecchiato

Renzo Vecchiato

Renzo Vecchiato (#13 in white), at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Born	(1955-08-08) 8 August 1955 (age 70) Trieste, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)
Listed weight	254 lb (115 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1975–1994
Position	Center
Number	11
Career history
1975–1976	Blue Star
1976–1978	Olimpia Milan
1978–1979	Blue Star
1979–1982	Basketball Rimini
1982–1987	Auxilium Turin
1987–1989	VL Pesaro
1989–1991	Basketball Florence
1991–1992	Fortitudo Bologn
1992–1994	Libertas Forlì
Career highlights
Italian League champion (1988)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing   Italy (partial support) Summer Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Representing   Italy FIBA EuroBasket 1983 France 1985 West Germany Mediterranean Games 1983 Casablanca European U-18 Championship 1972 Yugoslavia Under-18 European Championship for Cadets 1971 Italy Under-16

Renzo Vecchiato (born August 8, 1955 in Trieste) is a former professional basketball player and basketball executive from Italy. During his playing career, he played at the center position.

Professional career

Vecchiato debuted in the Italian League with Stella Azzurra Roma. He also played with the Italian clubs: Olimpia Milano, Basket Rimini, Auxilium Torino, VL Pesaro, where he won the Italian League championship in 1988, Basket Florenze, Fortitudo Bologna, Libertas Forlì. He retired from playing pro club basketball in 1994.

National team career

As a member of the senior men's Italian national basketball team, Vecchiato won the silver medal at the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games. ^[1] With Italy, Vecchiato also won the gold medal at the 1983 FIBA EuroBasket, and the bronze medal at the 1985 FIBA EuroBasket.

Vecchiato also represented Italy at the following tournaments: the 1977 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1978 FIBA World Cup, the 1979 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1980 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1981 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1983 Mediterranean Games, and the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games.

Basketball executive career

After retiring from his pro club basketball playing career, Vecchiato worked as a basketball executive. Starting in the 1990s, Vecchiato worked as the general manager of the Italian basketball team Rimini, a position he held with the club until 2011. In the 2011–12 season, he was the General Secretary of the Italian basketball club Assi Basket Ostuni. Vecchiato was then the technical director of the Italian basketball club Andrea Costa Imola, for the 2012–13 season.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Renzo Vecchiato". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

External links

• Italan Basketball Federation Profile (in Spanish)