Petar Skansi (born 23 November 1943 in Sumartin

Sumartin

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) is a former Croatia

Croatia

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n basketball player and coach. During his playing career he played for Jugoplastika

KK Split

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 and Scavolini Pesaro

Victoria Libertas Pesaro

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He was member of the Yugoslav national basketball team squad which won silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

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After retiring from playing in 1976 Skansi began coaching and later led Yugoslavia to third place in the 1979 European Championship

EuroBasket 1979

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. After Croatia's independence in 1991 he became the Croatia national basketball team

Croatia national basketball team

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 coach and won silver medal with Croatia in the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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Between the 1970s and early 2000s he coached a number of Italian teams and his best achievement in club sports was winning the 1992 Italian Championship with Pallacanestro Treviso

Pallacanestro Treviso

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For his achievements he was awarded the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport

Franjo Bucar State Award for Sport

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twice, in 1992 and 2003.

External links

• Petar Skansi at Sports-Reference.com