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Dražen Petrović

Croatian basketball player (1964-1993)

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Dražen Petrović was a Croatian basketball player who lived from 1964 to 1993 and became one of the first European players to achieve major success in the NBA. He matters because he broke barriers for international players in American professional basketball and remains an important figure in Croatian sports history.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1964-10-22
Died: 1993-06-07
Works: 2

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Type: Person
Country: HR
Active from: 1935-02-18
Active to: 2011-01-10

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Listeners: 5
Total plays: 5

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Dražen Petrović ( Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒen pětroʋitɕ]; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madrid before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989.

A star on multiple international basketball stages, Petrović earned two silver medals (1988, 1992) and one bronze (1984) at the Summer Olympic Games, a gold (1990) and a bronze (1986) at the FIBA World Cup, and a gold (1989) and a bronze (1987) at the FIBA EuroBasket. He was the FIBA World Championship MVP in 1986 and the FIBA EuroBasket MVP in 1989. With Cibona Zagreb, Petrović also won two consecutive EuroLeague championships in 1985 and 1986. He first represented Yugoslavia's senior national team and later Croatia's senior national team. He earned four Euroscars and was named Mr. Europa twice. In 1985, he received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia.