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Damir Šolman

Personal information

Born

7 September 1948^[1]
Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia

Died

2 May 2023 (aged 74)

Nationality

Croatian

Listed height

200 cm (6 ft 7 in)

Listed weight

93 kg (205 lb)

Career information

Playing career

1963–1983

Position

Small forward

Number

Career history

1963–1968

Mladost Zagreb

1968–1977

Jugoplastika

1977–1979

Pallacanestro Vigevano

1979–1983

Jugoplastika

Career highlights and awards

FIBA European Selection (1974)
2× FIBA Korać Cup champion (1976, 1977)
2× Yugoslav League champion (1971, 1977)
3× Yugoslav Cup winner (1972, 1974, 1977)

Medals

Men's basketball

Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	National team
	1976 Montreal	National team
FIBA World Cup
	1970 Ljubljana	National team
	1974 Puerto Rico	National team
EuroBasket
	1973 Spain	National team
	1975 Yugoslavia	National team
Mediterranean Games
	1967 Tunis	National Team
	1971 Turkey	National Team
European U-18 Championship
	1966 Italy	Team
	1968 Spain	Team

Damir Šolman (7 September 1948 – 2 May 2023) was a Croatian professional basketball player.

Professional career

Šolman was a FIBA European Selection, in 1974.

National team career

Šolman competed with the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team in the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics (where he was the team's captain).^[2] With the Yugoslav national team, he played in 226 caps, and scored 1,785 points.

Death

Šolman died in May 2023, at the age of 74.^[3]

References

^ "ОСВАЈАО САМО ЗЛАТА И СРЕБРА - Кошаркашки господин Дамир Шолман". Sportski žurnal.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damir Šolman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "Umrl je Damir Šolman, član zlate reprezentance na SP v Ljubljani 1970". Delo. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

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v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1967 Mediterranean Games – Gold medal
4 Pazman 5 Simonović 6 Marojević 7 Grubor 8 Cvetković 9 Brajković 10 Tvrdić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Žorga 15 Skansi Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia basketball squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
4 Žorga 5 Korać 6 Marojević 7 Rajković 8 Cvetković 9 Ražnatović 10 Daneu 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Čermak 15 Skansi Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1969 – Silver medal
4 Tvrdić 5 Simonović 6 Marojević 7 Rajković 8 Cvetković 9 Kapičić 10 Daneu 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Čermak 15 Jelovac Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1970 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal
4 Tvrdić 5 Simonović 6 Jelovac 7 Rajković 8 Žorga 9 Kapičić 10 Daneu 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Čermak 15 Skansi Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1971 Mediterranean Games – Gold medal
4 Georgievski 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Bizjak 8 Damjanović 9 Ivković 11 Zečević 12 Šolman 13 Latifić 14 Nestorović 15 Marović

v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1973 – Gold medal
4 Tvrdić 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Knežević 8 Jerkov 9 Ivković 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Dalipagić 15 Marović Coach: Novosel

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1974 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal
4 Tvrdić 5 Kićanović (MVP) 6 Jelovac 7 Knežević 8 Jerkov 9 Kapičić 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Dalipagić 15 Marović Coach: Novosel

v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1975 – Gold medal
4 Tvrdić 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Kapičić 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić (MVP) 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Novosel

v t e Yugoslavia men's basketball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
4 Georgievski 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Knego 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Varajić 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Novosel

v t e Jugoplastika 1975–76 FIBA Korać Cup champions
4 Mlađan Tudor 5 Branislav Stamenković 6 Ivica Škarić 7 Željko Jerkov 9 Branko Macura 10 Ratomir Tvrdić 11 Ivica Dukan 12 Damir Šolman 13 Duje Krstulović 14 Ivo Bilanović 15 Mirko Grgin Mihajlo Manović Drago Peterka Slobodan Bjelajac
Head Coach: Petar Skansi

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