Jorge Garbajosa has been chosen as new president of FIBA Europethis Saturday, after winning the French vote Jean-Pierre Siurat. At the age of 45, Garbajosa will replace the Turkish Turgay Demirel in office and will immediately serve as leader of the European basketball organization.
The new president of FIBA Europe will now have three months to leave the presidency of the Spanish Basketball Federation of which he was in charge. For his part, Elisa Aguilar She is the main candidate and favorite to pick up the baton from Garbajosa. The 222-time international and winner of six medals with the national team is the current director of Competitions for the Federation.
Jorge will leave office with the national team in a great moment and with a consolidated winning model. It must be remembered that the absolute men’s basketball team is the current World Champion (2019) and Europe (2022) and occupies number 1 in the world ranking, for the first time ahead of the powerful United States.
For its part, the women’s team failed to qualify for the last World Cup, but it is one of the favorites to win the Eurobasket, along with France, which will be held from June 15 to 25. In addition, all the training categories managed to reap great results and medals. In total, eight endings out of eight possible. Gold medals in the European under-20 men’s, European under-18 men’s and European under-20 women’s, and silver in the two World Cups under-17, the European under-18 women’s and the two European under-16s.
A role of the former Spanish international player who has made him win the votes to be the new president of FIBA Europe. Garbajosa was elected as president of the Spanish Federation in 2016 and later, re-elected in 2020. Now, new elections will be called to choose the next leader. Just in the year in which the centenary of the Federation will be celebrated.
2023-05-20 11:12:06
#Jorge #Garbajosa #president #FIBA #Europe
