1. Miha Zupan was born on September 13,1982 and is a Deaf Slovenian former professional basketball player.
14 Facts About Miha Zupan
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Miha Zupan played among hearing players at the highest level in Europe.
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Miha Zupan is the only deaf person to play in professional basketball league and in the EuroCup.
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Miha Zupan has competed at the Deaflympics on 5 occasions from 1997 to 2017.
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Miha Zupan did not learn to play basketball until age 14, instead playing football and volleyball.
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Miha Zupan was selected to represent Slovenia at the Deaflympics in 1997 and competed in his maiden Deaflympic competition at the age of 15.
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Miha Zupan was part of the Slovenian Deaf basketball team which finished 5th in the 1997 Summer Deaflympics.
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Miha Zupan played in the Slovenian League All-Star Game in 2004 and 2006, earning MVP honors in the 2004 game and winning the slam dunk contest associated with the 2004 game.
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Miha Zupan continued to play for the Slovenia national deaf team, leading them to the 2004 European championship.
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Miha Zupan was the member of the national basketball team which claimed silver medals at the 2001 Summer Deaflympics and at the 2005 Summer Deaflympics.
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Miha Zupan signed with Union Olimpija, of Ljubljana, in the 2006 offseason, fulfilling what he called one of his lifelong dreams.
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Miha Zupan barely missed out on a trip to the 2006 FIBA World Championship, becoming the last player cut from the Slovenia squad.
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Miha Zupan had, apparently inadvertently, failed to revoke his contract with Slovan before signing with Olimpija.
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Miha Zupan had 5 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists in slightly over 13 minutes of action off the bench.