Juan Ostoic
Juan Benito Ostoic Ostoic[a][1] (21 March 1931 – 25 June 2020), known as Juan Ostoic, was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]
Ostoic also created crossword puzzles for the La Tercera newspaper since 1981 under the pseudonym "Jota O".[3][4][5]
Ostoic was born in Huara, Chile. He died on 25 June 2020 from heart failure in Santiago de Chile, aged 89.[6][4]
Notes
- ↑ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ostoic and the second or maternal family name is Ostoic.
References
- ↑ Leal, Álvaro Poblete y Ignacio. El eterno crucigrama de Jota O (in Spanish). La Tercera (26 June 2020).
- ↑ Evans, Hilary. Juan Ostoic. Olympics at Sports-Reference.comSports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ↑ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. El baloncesto chileno está de luto: Falleció Juan Ostoic, bronce en el Mundial de 1950. alairelibre.cl.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Juan Ostoic, el caballero del básquet. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ↑ Juan Ostoic, destacado exbasquetbolista nacional falleció a los 89 años. ADN.
- ↑ Tercera, La. Fallece Juan Ostoic, Jota O, mítico basquetbolista chileno y maestro de los puzzles de La Tercera. La Tercera (25 June 2020).
Other websites
- Juan Ostoic at Olympedia
- Juan Ostoic at the International Olympic Committee
- Juan Ostoic Ostoic at the Olympic Channel
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