KOŠARKARSKA TEKMA CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA - WOLVES VILNIAUS ARENA STOŽICE LJUBLJANA

Peter Vilfan, slovenski košarkar in politik, * 29. junij 1957, Maribor. Vilfan, oziroma »Pero« kot se ga je prijel naziv že zelo zgodaj, je bil dolgoletni igralec košarke pri ljubljanski Olimpiji in jugoslovanski reprezentant, s katero je na svetovnem košarkarskem prvenstvu v Manili leta 1978 osvojil zlato medaljo.

Jugoslavija

Za Jugoslavijo je zbral 121 nastopov v obdobju 1977 in 1983 in je po številu nastopov zanjo tretji izmed vseh Slovencev. Igral je na petih mednarodnih tekmovanjih, in sicer na SP 1978, EP 1979, EP 1981, SP 1982, EP 1983 ter zbral po eno zlato in bronasto na SP ter po eno srebrno in bronasto medaljo na EP.

Slovenija

Bil je prvi kapetan slovenske košarkarske reprezentance v samostojni Sloveniji.

 

Peter Vilfan (born 29 June 1957) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player, sports journalist, commentator, and a politician. He resigned from the National Assembly due to DUI in 2014, and from the State Secretary position in 2019 amid tax evasion proceedings.

As a basketball player, he was a member of the senior Yugoslavia national team, with which he won a gold medal at the 1978 FIBA World Championship, in Manila.

He was inducted into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame, in 2013.

Yugoslavian national team

Vilfan made 121 appearances with the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team, between 1977 and 1983, making him the third most capped Slovenian player for Yugoslavia. He played in five major international FIBA tournaments: the 1978 FIBA World Championship, the EuroBasket 1979, the EuroBasket 1981, the 1982 FIBA World Championship, and the EuroBasket 1983. He won one gold and one bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup, and one silver and one bronze at the EuroBasket.

Slovenian national team

Vilfan was the first team captain of the senior Slovenian national basketball team, following Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia.