Dražen Dalipagić

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Competitor for Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia
Olympic medal record
Men's Basketball
Olympic Games
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team Competition
Gold	1980 Moscow	Team Competition
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Team Competition
World Championship
Silver	1974 Puerto Rico	Team
Gold	1978 Philippines	Team
Bronze	1982 Colombia	Team
Bronze	1986 Spain	Team
European Championships
Gold	1973 Spain	Team Competition
Gold	1975 Yugoslavia	Team Competition
Gold	1977 Belgium	Team Competition
Bronze	1979 Italy	Team Competition
Silver	1981 Czechoslovakia	Team Competition

Dražen Dalipagić (Serbian Cyrillic:Дражен Далипагић; born November 27, 1951 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia), is a retired Serbian basketball player.^[1].He was one of the most dominating players in Europe during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

He finished high school in the Mostar Technical School and college in Belgrade Teachers College. He served in the army in 1979.

Dražen, widely known by his nickname Praja, started playing basketball at the age of 19 and two years later, in 1973, Dalipagic played the first of his 243 games as a member of the Yugoslavian National Team, winning his first of three gold medals at the European Championships. His four medals in the World Championships (Silver, 1974; Gold, 1978; Bronze, 1982 and 1986) are international basketball records. A three-time Olympian, Dalipagic was instrumental in the Yugoslavian team's capturing the 1980 Olympic Gold Medal.

He was elected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1978, Dalipagić is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian history.

While playing for Partizan Belgrade (1971-78, 1979-80, 1981-82) he was named European player of the Year in 1977, 1978 and 1980. In 1976 he led Partizan Belgrade to Yugoslavian League title, and to FIBA Korac Cup in 1978.

Between 1973 and 1986 he played 243 games for the Yugoslavian Men's Basketball National Team, winning the Basketball World Championship in 1978 and the Olympic Gold Medal in 1980. Dalipagic was enshrined to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player on September 10, 2004. In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Ever since he stopped playing basketball professionally, Dalipagić has lived in Belgrade. He is currently the president of Novi Beograd (Atlas) basketball club.

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FIBA Hall of Fame page on Dalipagic

Preceded by Dragan Kičanović	FIBA World Championship MVP 1978	Succeeded by Doc Rivers

Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg	Yugoslavia squad - 1974 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
4 Tvrdić \| 5 Kicanović \| 6 Jelovac \| 7 Knezevic \| 8 Jerkov \| 9 Kapicić \| 10 Slavnić \| 11 Ćosić \| 12 Solman \| 13 Plegas \| 14 Dalipagić \| 15 Marovic \| Coach: Novosel

Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg	Yugoslavia squad - 1978 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
4 Vilfan \| 5 Kicanovic \| 6 Knego \| 7 Sizic \| 8 Jerkov \| 9 Skroce \| 10 Slavnic \| 11 Ćosić \| 12 Radovanović \| 13 Krstulović \| 14 Dalipagić \| 15 Delibašić \| Coach: Nikolić

Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg	Yugoslavia squad - 1982 FIBA World Championship - Bronze medal	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
4 A.Petrović \| 5 Kicanović \| 6 Radović \| 7 Zizic \| 8 Jerkov \| 9 Avdija \| 10 Vilfan \| 11 Knego \| 12 Radovanović \| 13 B.Petrovic \| 14 Dalipagić \| 15 Delibašić \| Coach: Žeravica

Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg	Yugoslavia squad - 1986 FIBA World Championship - Bronze medal	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
4 D.Petrović \| 5 A.Petrović \| 6 Divac \| 7 Cutura \| 8 Petranović \| 9 Mutapcić \| 10 Radović \| 11 Vranković \| 12 Radovanović \| 13 Arapović \| 14 Dalipagić \| 15 Cvjetičanin \| Coach: Ćosić

v • d • e Image:Med 2.png 1976 Olympic Silver Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia Image:Med 2.png
Blagoje Georgievski \| Dragan Kićanović \| Vinko Jelovac \| Rajko Žižić \| Željko Jerkov \| Andro Knego \| Zoran Slavnić \| Krešimir Ćosić \| Damir Šolman \| Žarko Varajić \| Dražen Dalipagić \| Mirza Delibašić \| Coach: Mirko Novosel

v • d • e Image:Med 1.png 1980 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia Image:Med 1.png
Andro Knego \| Dragan Kićanović \| Rajko Žižić \| Mihovil Nakić \| Željko Jerkov \| Branko Skroče \| Zoran Slavnić \| Krešimir Ćosić \| Ratko Radovanović \| Duje Krstulović \| Dražen Dalipagić \| Mirza Delibašić \| Coach: Ranko Žeravica

v • d • e Image:Med 3.png 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia Image:Med 3.png
Dražen Petrović \| Aleksandar Petrović \| Rajko Žižić \| Andro Knego \| Nebojša Zorkić \| Ivan Sunara \| Sabit Hadžić \| Dražen Dalipagić \| Emir Mutapčić \| Ratko Radovanović \| Mihovil Nakić \| Branko Vukičević \| Coach: Mirko Novosel