Peter Guarasci is a professional basketball

Basketball

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 power forward

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-centre

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 from Canada

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. Having played in Serie A

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 and the Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga

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, he currently plays in the Lega2 in Italy

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 and is a former prominent member of the Canadian national men's basketball team

Canadian national men's basketball team

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Guarasci played collegiately for Fairfield University

Fairfield University

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 for two seasons, 1992-93 and 1993-94. He was named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

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 all-rookie team as a freshman. Guarasci then transferred to Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

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 where he played in 1995 and 1996 and was named 1996 NAIA

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 conference player of the year. He graduated with a degree in business.

The 6'9, 230 lbs. Guarasci joined Italian club Scavolini Pesaro in 1996 and played three seasons for the club. He played 1999-2000 for the German club Frankfurt Skyliners, averaging 10.5 points per game. He returned to Serie A the next season joining Roseto Basket

Roseto Basket

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, where he stayed for three seasons. In 2003 he joined his current club Basket Rimini Crabs

Basket Rimini Crabs

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Guarasci was a member of the Canadian national team from 1996 through 2003, participating in the 1998 FIBA World Championship

1998 FIBA World Championship

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 and 2000 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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. The Canadians were impressive early on at these Olympics, winning their group in the preliminary round, before being defeated by France

France national basketball team

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 in the quarter-finals.

Of Italian

Italian people

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 descent, Guarasci has acquired dual Canadian-Italian citizenship.

Sources

• www.canoe.ca
• Wikipedia in Italian