Ciclista Olímpico

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Ciclista Olímpico
NicknameNegro
LeaguesLiga Nacional de Básquet
Liga Sudamericana
Founded9 December 1921; 102 years ago (1921-12-09)
ArenaVicente Rosales
LocationLa Banda, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Team colors   
PresidentLuis Moukarsel
Head coachGuillermo Narvarte
Websiteciclistaolimpico.com.ar
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Club Ciclista Olímpico La Banda, also known as simply Ciclista Olímpico, is an Argentine sports club based in La Banda, Santiago del Estero. The club is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top division of the Argentine league system.

Other sports practised at the club are field hockey, women's football, rugby union, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

History

Ciclista Olímpico ("Olympic Bicycle racer" in English) was founded on December 9, 1921, first with bicycle racing as the main activity such as its name indicated. Soon, the club incorporated basketball as a new activity, being the first club in Santiago del Estero where members could play that sport.

Current roster

Logo of the basketball section
Ciclista Olímpico roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
C 1 Argentina Mohamed Sow 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 22 – (2001-08-01)1 August 2001
PG 2 Panama Trevor Gaskins
PG 5 Argentina Nicolas De los
PG 7 Argentina Guillermo Allende
G 9 Argentina Lucas Ortiz
PG 12 Argentina Rodrigo Gallegos
SG 13 Argentina Luciano Ortiz
G 15 United States Elyjah Clark 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 25 – (1998-04-29)29 April 1998
C 17 Mexico Alejandro Reyna
C 21 Argentina Damian Tintorelli
C 35 Argentina Roberto Acuña 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
C 90 United States Ricardo Glenn 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1990-05-01)1 May 1990
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 2020-02-23

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Head coaches

References

  1. ^ Gelvis Solano, el “dueño” de la pelota El Liberal, 6 June 2019. Accessed 21 February 2020. (in Spanish)

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