Olimpia de Venado Tuerto is a sports club in Venado Tuerto

Venado Tuerto

Venado Tuerto is a city in the south-west of the , 322 km from the provincial capital. It has about 70,000 inhabitants .Venado Tuerto was founded on April 26, 1884 by Eduardo Casey, born in Lobos, Buenos Aires, in 1847. He was the son of two Irish immigrants who had amassed considerable wealth...

, Santa Fe

Santa Fe Province

The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, mostly known for its achievements in basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

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History

Olimpia was Liga Nacional de Básquetbol

Liga Nacional de Básquetbol

The Liga Nacional de Básquet is the top level of the Argentine basketball league system. The league is controlled by the Basketball Clubs' Association...

 finalist in 1995 and won the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol

Liga Nacional de Básquetbol

The Liga Nacional de Básquet is the top level of the Argentine basketball league system. The league is controlled by the Basketball Clubs' Association...

 in 1996.

Championship roster: Alejandro Montecchia, Walter Guiñazú, Federico Helale, Jorge Racca, Leonardo Gutiérrez, Lucas Victoriano, Sebastián Uranga, Todd Jadlow, Andrés Rodríguez, Carlos López Jordan, Alejandro Burgos, Michael Wilson, Coach: Horacio Seguí, MVP: Jorge Racca.

In 1996 Olimpia won the Liga Sudamericana

Liga Sudamericana

The Liga Sudamericana is the second most important South American basketball tournament at club level, the first being the FIBA Americas League. It is organized by the South American Basketball Confederation.The league usually includes domestic champions, and some runner-ups, from the leading...

. In September 1996 Olimpia played for the 1996 Intercontinental Cup

1996 Intercontinental Cup (basketball)

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 against Panathinaikos BC. In 1997 played for the Liga Sudamericana

Liga Sudamericana

The Liga Sudamericana is the second most important South American basketball tournament at club level, the first being the FIBA Americas League. It is organized by the South American Basketball Confederation.The league usually includes domestic champions, and some runner-ups, from the leading...

 semi-finals.

Famous players

Wálter Herrmann

Wálter Herrmann

Walter Herrmann Heinrich is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is listed at 6'9" and 225 lbs. He was a key member of the Argentinian national basketball team that won the gold medal during the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament...

 Andrés Nocioni

Andrés Nocioni

Andrés Marcelo Nocioni is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is under contract with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, but is playing for Peñarol de Mar del Plata during the NBA lockout. A regular member of the Argentine national team, Nocioni was part of the team that won a gold medal at...

 Leonardo Gutiérrez Alejandro Montecchia

Alejandro Montecchia

Alejandro Montecchia is an Argentine professional basketball point guard. He is also a regular on his country's national team, with which he won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.- External links :**...

 Lucas Victoriano

Lucas Victoriano

Lucas Javier Victoriano Acosta is an Argentinian professional basketball player currently playing for CAI Zaragoza of the LEB league.- Player career :*1995/97 Olimpia Venado Tuerto...

 Carlos Delfino

Carlos Delfino

Carlos Francisco Delfino is an Argentine professional basketball player. He also has Italian citizenship. Delfino plays at the small forward and shooting guard positions. He stands tall and weighs . He is also noted for his defensive skills...

 Todd Jadlow

Todd Jadlow

Todd Jadlow was center/forward standing at 6-9 for the Indiana University Hoosiers from 1985–89, Jadlow was a member of Knight's junior college recruits and one of Knight's all-time favorites....

 Michael Lamont Wilson