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Dražen Petrović
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Croatian basketball player (1964-1993)
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Dražen Petrović (1964–1993) was a Croatian basketball player who competed as a shooting guard. Born in Šibenik, he held citizenship in Yugoslavia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Croatia. During his career, he was a member of KK Šibenik, KK Cibona, Real Madrid Baloncesto, and the Brooklyn Nets. He was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers. Petrović participated in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, as well as EuroBasket 1983.
He received the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport and was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame. Petrović died in a traffic collision in Denkendorf in 1993. He is buried at Mirogoj Cemetery.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Shooting Guard
- Nationality
- Croatia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dražen
- Family name
- Petrović
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Croatia
- Place of birth
- Šibenik
- Place of death
- Denkendorf
- Sibling
- Aleksandar Petrović
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- Croatian
- Participant in
- 1992 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- Yugoslavia
- Mass
- 91
- Official website
- www.mmcdrazenpetrovic.hr
- Image
- Lipofsky-JDražen Petrović.jpg
- Height
- 196
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- place of burial
- Mirogoj Cemetery
- Commons category
- Dražen Petrović
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- date of birth
- 1964-10-22
- date of death
- 1993-06-07
- manner of death
- accidental death
- drafted by
- Portland Trail Blazers
- nickname
- Mozart of the Hoops
- name in native language
- Dražen Petrović
- end of work period
- 1993-00-00
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Dražen Petrović ( Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒen pětroʋitɕ]; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madrid before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989.
A star on multiple international basketball stages, Petrović earned two silver medals (1988, 1992) and one bronze (1984) at the Summer Olympic Games, a gold (1990) and a bronze (1986) at the FIBA World Cup, and a gold (1989) and a bronze (1987) at the FIBA EuroBasket. He was the FIBA World Championship MVP in 1986 and the FIBA EuroBasket MVP in 1989. With Cibona Zagreb, Petrović also won two consecutive EuroLeague championships in 1985 and 1986. He first represented Yugoslavia's senior national team and later Croatia's senior national team. He earned four Euroscars and was named Mr. Europa twice. In 1985, he received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
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