Iván Olivares

Iván José Olivares Alvárez (born 10 December 1961 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] He is considered one of the greatest Venezuelan basketball players of all time.[2][3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Olivares and the second or maternal family name is Alvárez.

In addition to the Olympics, he represented his country at the 1990 FIBA World Championship and 1991 South American Basketball Championship.

Olivares played for Springfield College in Massachusetts, earning NCAA Division II All-American honors in 1986. That season, he broke the school record for points in a season with 832.[4] In 1998, he became the first Latino to be inducted into the NCAA Hall of Fame.[3]

After college, he played for the Gaiteros del Zulia, Cocodrilos de Caracas and Trotamundos de Carabobo in Venezuela's Liga Profesional de Baloncesto,[2] winning five league titles with the Trotamundos (1986–89, 1994) as well as the 1988 and 1989 editions of the South American Club Championship. He led the league in scoring in 1994 while teaming with American import Stanley Brundy. He also played in Colombia with Leopardos de Bucaramanga, leading the team in scoring and rebounding in 1988,[3] in addition to stints in Brazil and Argentina.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iván Olivares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  2. Machado, Angel (16 April 2020). "Los 10 mejores jugadores en la historia del baloncesto venezolano" (in Spanish). El Nacional (Venezuela). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Jugadores del baloncesto venezolano que encestaron su talento en las canchas internacionales" (in Spanish). globovision.com. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. Brown, Garry (29 November 2019). "Springfield's Dan Burke looks back on a half century of officiating local sports". masslive.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. "Iván Olivares entre los dieciséis candidatos al premio YMCA" (in Spanish). cnpven.org. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2020.


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