Liliana Ronchetti
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Liliana Ronchetti is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
– February 4, 1974 in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
of cancer) was an Italian basketball player. On club level, she played for Società Ginnastica Comense (1947-1955, won the Italian League in 1950, 1951 (undefeated season), 1952 (undefeated season) and 1953, was the league's top scorer in 1952, 1953 and 1954), Bernocchi Legnano (1955-1956), Autonomi Torino (1956-1957), Chlorodont Milano (1957-1958), Standa Milano (1958-1965, was the league's top scorer in 1960), Zaiss Milano (1965-1966), Ri.Ri Mendrisio (1966-1971, won the Swiss League in 1967, 1968 and 1969) and Ignis Varese
Pallacanestro Varese
-Notable players:-Notable coaches: Aleksandar Nikolić Nico Messina Sandro Gamba Edoardo Rusconi Joe Isaac Carlo Recalcati Valerio Bianchini Ruben Magnano-Sponsorship names:Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:...
(1971-1973). She scored 51 points in a game once while playing for Comense, that is the record high for an Italian women's league. She played 83 games for the Italy women's national basketball team, participating in Eurobasket Women
Eurobasket Women
Eurobasket Women is a bi-annual basketball competition held between the nations of Europe for women's national basketball team. Eurobasket Women is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship for Women and also for Olympic Games.-Summaries:-Performance by nation:-See...
in 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960 and 1962. After her sudden death just one year after retirement, FIBA
International Basketball Federation
The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...
has named the Ronchetti Cup
Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup was an annual basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002...
in her honour. In 2007, she was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame honors basketball players, coaches and administrators who have contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA in 1991. It includes the "Samaranch Library", the biggest basketball library in the world that, as of 2007, has over 10,000 basketball...
.