Obras Sanitarias
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| Nickname | Tachero, Aurinegro | ||
| Leagues | Liga Nacional de Básquetbol | ||
| Founded | 27 March 1917 | ||
| History | 1926 – present (basketball section) | ||
| Arena | Estadio Obras Sanitarias | ||
| Location | Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
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| President | Fabián Borro | ||
| Head coach | Julio Lamas | ||
| Championships |
3 Campeonato Argentino de Clubes 1 Intercontinental Cup 1 South American League |
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| Website | obrasbasket.com | ||
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Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentine sports club located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugby union club, Obras Sanitarias is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the first division of the Argentine basketball league system.
Apart from basketball, other disciplines practised at the club are rugby union, field hockey, swimming, tennis, volleyball and chess.
Obras Sanitarias has been nicknamed Los Tacheros, a lunfardo word used to refer to Argentine taxi drivers, due to taxi cabs are painted in black and yellow (the same colors that Obras' jersey uniform).
Obras Sanitarias was founded in 1917 by employees of the state-owned water supply company, Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (in English, "National Water Works").
On March 22, 1925, the club opened its sports facilities, allowing members to practise athletics, basque pelota, bowls, football, rugby union, swimming and tennis there. In 1941 Obras inaugurated its headquarters in the city of Buenos Aires for the practise of indoor sports.
In 1978, Obras inaugurated the indoor arena Estadio Obras Sanitarias and, two years later, the first synthetic field hockey pitch in South America.
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