Ottone Olivieri | |
Birth Date: | 1917 |
Birth Place: | Fiume, City of Fiume and its District, Austria-Hungary |
Nationality: | Yugoslav |
Career Number: | 5, 14 |
Years1: | 1940–1942 |
Team1: | CRDA Monfalcone |
Years2: | 1946 |
Team2: | Kvarner |
Ottone Olivieri, also credited as Otone Olivijeri, was an Italian-Yugoslav basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Olivieri played for the CRDA Monfalcone of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A in the beginning of 1940s.[1] After the end of Second World War, he was one of the founders of the club Kvarner in Rijeka. Later he moved to Split where he took a part in development of KK Split.[2]
Olivieri was a member of the Yugoslavia national team which participated at the 1947 FIBA European Championship. Over five tournament games, he averaged 5.2 points per game.[3]
His older brother Albano was a basketball player.