Mirza Delibašić
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Competitor for  Yugoslavia |
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| Silver | 1976 Montreal | Team | |
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | Team | |
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| Gold | 1978 Philippines | Team | |
| Bronze | 1982 Colombia | Team | |
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| Gold | 1975 Yugoslavia | Team | |
| Gold | 1977 Belgium | Team | |
| Bronze | 1979 Italy | Team | |
| Silver | 1981 Czechoslovakia | Team | |
Mirza Delibašić (January 9, 1954 – December 8, 2001) was a Bosnian basketball player. He was a born in Tuzla, located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia.
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[edit] Career
Mirza Delibašić "Kindje" led his club KK Bosna Sarajevo to the Euroleague Championship in 1979. After leaving KK Bosna, Delibašić went to Spain where he along with Juan Corbalán, Wayne Brabender, Fernando Martín Espina, Dražen Petrović, and Arvydas Sabonis, is considered to be one of the best players ever to play for the "royal club" Real Madrid.
En route to a place among the European greatest players, Mirza Delibašić has won everything there was to win with Yugoslavia including Olympic gold in 1980, European gold three times, World Championship gold in 1978, plus many titles in European club competitions.
In addition to having played together for their national team, Mirza Delibašić and Dražen Dalipagić have also played together for Real Madrid. Their performance in a 1981 Euroleague game vs. KK Cibona in Zagreb is only one of the many highlights of their careers.
Mirza Delibašić scored 33 and Dalipagić 30 points. The game appropriately finished with a two-on-one fastbreak with Delibašić making a behind-the-back fake pass to Dalipagić and passing by a defender for a two-handed dunk at the buzzer. Cibona fans put aside their team loss and showed their appreciation for Bosnian stars` performances with standing ovations at the end of the game.
[edit] Health problems
In August 1983 He suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage and had to permanently retire from the sport he loved. He lived in Sarajevo throughout the 1992-1996 siege of the city. His final years were marked by persistent health problems which led to his death on December 8, 2001 in Sarajevo at the age of 47. Several thousand people attended his funeral in Sarajevo and KK Bosna renamed its arena in his honor.
[edit] Honors
In 2000, Mirza Delibašić was selected the sportsman of the 20th century in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A memorial basketball tournament is held every year in the Dvorana Mirza Delibašić. In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
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Yugoslavia squad - 1978 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal | |
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4 Vilfan | 5 Kićanović | 6 Žižić | 7 Knego | 8 Jerkov | 9 Skroče | 10 Slavnić | 11 Ćosić | 12 Radovanović | 13 Krstulović | 14 Dalipagić | 15 Delibašić | Coach: Nikolić |
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Yugoslavia squad - 1982 FIBA World Championship - Bronze medal | |
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4 A.Petrović | 5 Kicanović | 6 Radović | 7 Žižić | 8 Jerkov | 9 Avdija | 10 Vilfan | 11 Knego | 12 Radovanović | 13 B.Petrović | 14 Dalipagić | 15 Delibašić | Coach: Žeravica |
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 1976 Olympic Silver Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia |
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Blagoje Georgievski | Dragan Kićanović | Vinko Jelovac | Rajko Žižić | Željko Jerkov | Andro Knego | Zoran Slavnić | Krešimir Ćosić | Damir Šolman | Žarko Varajić | Dražen Dalipagić | Mirza Delibašić | Coach: Mirko Novosel |
 1980 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia |
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Andro Knego | Dragan Kićanović | Rajko Žižić | Mihovil Nakić | Željko Jerkov | Branko Skroče | Zoran Slavnić | Krešimir Ćosić | Ratko Radovanović | Duje Krstulović | Dražen Dalipagić | Mirza Delibašić | Coach: Ranko Žeravica |
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| Players Fragiskos Alvertis • Sergei Belov • Miki Berkovich • Dejan Bodiroga • Wayne Brabender • Juan Antonio Corbalan • Krešimir Ćosić • Mike D'Antoni • Dražen Dalipagić • Predrag Danilović • Mirza Delibašić • Vlade Divac • Aleksandar Đorđević • Nikos Galis • Manu Ginóbili • Saras Jasikevičius • Radivoj Korać • Toni Kukoč • Clifford Luyk • Pierluigi Marzorati • Bob McAdoo • Dino Meneghin • Bob Morse • Aldo Ossola • Theo Papaloukas • Anthony Parker • Dražen Petrović • Dino Rađa • Manolo Raga • Antonello Riva • Emiliano Rodríguez • Arvydas Sabonis • J.A. San Epifanio • Walter Szczerbiak • Panagiotis Yannakis |
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