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1978 Philippines | Team | |
1982 Colombia | Team | |
European Championships | ||
1979 Italy | Team | |
1981 Czechoslovakia | Team |
Peter Vilfan (born June 29, 1957 in Maribor) is a Slovenian basketball player, sports journalist and commentator, and a politician. From December 2011 until Maj 2014, he was a deputy in the Slovenian National Assembly.
Vilfan played for ŽKK Maribor, Olimpija, Split, Partizan and the Yugoslavia national team, with which he won a gold medal in the 1978 FIBA World Championship in Manila.
As well as Smelt Olimpija, Vilfan played for Jugoplastika Split and for Partizan.
Vilfan made 121 appearances for Yugoslavia between 1977 and 1983, making him the third most capped Slovenian player for Yugoslavia. He played in five international tournaments: the 1978 FIBA World Championship, the 1979 European Basketball Championship, the 1981 European Basketball Championship, the 1982 FIBA World Championship and the 1983 European Basketball Championship. He won one gold and one bronze medal in the World Cup, and one silver and one bronze in the European Cup.