Luis Salvadores was a Chilean 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...

 player who has competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

. One of his brothers, Alvaro Salvadores

Álvaro Salvadores

Alvaro Salvadores Salvi was a Chilean basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Also, Salvadores was Chile's ambassador in Colombia from 1986 to 1988...

, also played basketball.

Biography

Luis Salvadores Salvi shot his first basket at the San José de Temuco school in 1944, shortly after arriving from his native Lanco to study Humanities. At age 16, he joined the Deportivo San José club, winning the championship. In the same year, 1949, he joined the Temuco league, participating in two major championships, the "Provincias del Sur", or "Southern Provinces", winning in Osorno, and the "Campeonato Nacional" or "National Championship", winning in Santiago, Chile. This is how his fifty year old basketball career started, which would also include his participation in 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, a World Championship and two South American Championships. An earthquake caused him to miss the 1960 Olympic Games. He continued to play basketball well into his seventies in a senior league, playing alongside with one of his sons. He currently resides in Temuco, Chile, still well-known around the area.

Clubs

• Deportivo San José - (Chile) - 1948 to 1949 and 1962 to 1974
• Universidad de Chile - (Chile) - 1950-1954
• Club Deportivo Huachipato
  Club Deportivo Huachipato
  Club Deportivo Huachipato, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talcahuano. The club was founded June 7, 1947 and plays in the top level of the Chilean football league system, the Primera División. Their home games are played at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500...
  
  - (Chile) - 1955-1958
• Unión Deportiva Española - (Chile) - 1959-1961

Individual honors

• National Basketball Team - 1966
• The "Mejor de los Mejores" Award for best all-around athlete - 1969