The club was established on August 26, 1940, in Barrio San Martín of Venado Tuerto. In 1991, the team was promoted to the top-tier level Argentine League (LNB). In the 1994–95 season, Olimpia reached the Argentine League finals, where they were beaten by Club Sportivo Independiente.
Nevertheless, the club then entered into a crisis, due to financial problems. By 2009, Olimpia had a debt of $1.5 million,[1] and due to that critical situation, the basketball team disaffiliated itself from the top level Argentine League.[2] The club was still in bankruptcy until 2017, when it finally cleared its debts.
olimpia, basketball, club, commonly, known, olimpia, venado, tuerto, spanish, pronunciation, oˈlimpja, βeˈnaðo, ˈtweɾto, abbreviated, olimpia, argentine, professional, basketball, club, that, based, city, venado, tuerto, santa, province, olimpiafoundedaugust, . Olimpia Basketball Club commonly known as Olimpia de Venado Tuerto Spanish pronunciation oˈlimpja de beˈnado ˈtweɾto abbreviated Olimpia BBC is an Argentine professional basketball club that is based in the city of Venado Tuerto Santa Fe Province OlimpiaFoundedAugust 26 1940 82 years ago 1940 08 26 ArenaEstadio OlimpiaCapacity3 150LocationVenado Tuerto Santa Fe ArgentinaTeam colors Championships1 FIBA South American League 1 Argentine ChampionshipHomeAway Contents 1 History 2 Honours 2 1 Domestic 2 2 International 3 Notable players 4 Head coaches 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe club was established on August 26 1940 in Barrio San Martin of Venado Tuerto In 1991 the team was promoted to the top tier level Argentine League LNB In the 1994 95 season Olimpia reached the Argentine League finals where they were beaten by Club Sportivo Independiente Olimpia won its first Argentine LNB title in the 1995 96 season The roster for that season was Alejandro Montecchia Walter Guinazu Federico Helale Jorge Racca Leonardo Gutierrez Lucas Victoriano Sebastian Uranga Todd Jadlow Andres Rodriguez Carlos Lopez Jordan Alejandro Burgos and Michael Lamont Wilson The team s head coach was Horacio Segui while Jorge Racca was named the Argentine League MVP That same year Olimpia also won the FIBA South American League after defeating the Brazilian Championship team S C Corinthians Paulista in the final Jorge Racca was also the MVP of that competition The club also competed at the 1996 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Nevertheless the club then entered into a crisis due to financial problems By 2009 Olimpia had a debt of 1 5 million 1 and due to that critical situation the basketball team disaffiliated itself from the top level Argentine League 2 The club was still in bankruptcy until 2017 when it finally cleared its debts Honours EditDomestic Edit Liga NacionalWinners 1 1995 96 Runners up 1 1994 95International Edit Liga SudamericanaWinners 1 1996Campeonato PanamericanoRunners up 1 1994Campeonato SudamericanoRunners up 1 1994FIBA Intercontinental CupRunners up 1 1996Notable players EditNote Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed CriteriaTo appear in this section a player must have either Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time Hector Campana 1993 95 Carlos Delfino 1998 99 Leonardo Gutierrez 1993 98 Walter Herrmann 1996 2000 Alejandro Montecchia 1994 98 Andres Nocioni 1996 97 Esteban Perez 1999 2000 Jorge Racca 1994 97 2007 Selem Safar 2005 2006 Sebastian Uranga 1994 97 1998 99 Lucas Victoriano 1995 97 Pat Durham 1992 93 Todd Jadlow Levy Middlebrooks 2000 Michael Lamont WilsonHead coaches Edit Horacio SeguiReferences Edit Olimpia del esplendor a la oscuridad Ambito Financiero 2009 06 25 Olimpia orgullo historico de Venado Tuerto busca salvar su presente La Capital 24 May 2009External links EditTwitter page This article about a basketball team in Argentina is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olimpia Basketball Club amp oldid 970361546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,