Juanma López Iturriaga
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 Juanma López Iturriaga in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 4, 1959 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1975–1976 | Loyola Indautxu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1988 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Cajabilbao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Juan Manuel "Juanma" López Iturriaga (born February 4, 1959) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played shooting guard and small forward and appeared in a total of 90 games with the Spain national basketball team, winning a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1975–76, Iturriaga played for Loyola Indautxu in national competition. Then he joined Real Madrid Baloncesto, where he would stay until the year 1987–88.
Retirement
[edit]Juan Manuel López Iturriaga has become a sports consultant on Spanish TV channels, commenting on the games of the Spanish team, working in newspapers such as El País and Gigantes del Basket. After his playing career, he began a career as a television host on Telemadrid, ETB 2, Telecinco and La Sexta,
References
[edit]- ^ Wallechinsky, David. The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 Edition, p. 283. Overlook Press, 2000. ISBN 1-58567-046-4.
Fibaeurope.com profile
(in Spanish) Spanish Olympic Committee Archived 2005-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- CB Cajabilbao players
- Liga ACB players
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Spain
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Real Madrid Baloncesto players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Spanish men's basketball players
- 1982 FIBA World Championship players
- Sportspeople from Bilbao
- Basketball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen