Benjamin Ortner
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Personal information | |
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Born | Innsbruck, Austria | March 16, 1983
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 226.6 lb (103 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Metro State (2001–2005) |
NBA draft | 2005: undrafted |
Playing career | 2000–present |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
2000–2001 | Tirol Innsbruck |
2005–2008 | Reggiana |
2008–2009 | Amatori Udine |
2009–2011 | Cantù |
2011–2012 | Benetton Treviso |
2012 | Gießen 46ers |
2012–2014 | Montepaschi Siena |
2014–2017 | Reyer Venezia |
2017 | Sidigas Avellino |
2017–2018 | Brescia Leonessa |
2018–2019 | Pallacanestro Reggiana |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Benjamin Ortner (born March 16, 1983) is a former Austrian professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Reggiana of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).
Early years and college career
[edit]Ortner was born and raised in Innsbruck, Austria, where he attended primary and secondary school. Prior to his junior year of high school, he decided to study abroad for a year in the United States where he attended St. Joseph Notre Dame High School, a well-known basketball school based in Alameda (CA).[citation needed]
Due to unfounded allegations made by other competing schools in the region, CIF forced Ortner to sit out the majority of the 1999-2000 season, eventually clearing him to play in the final four games of the year. That year, Ortner and St. Joseph's advanced to regional semi-finals where they lost to eventual champions and USA Today's #10 ranked team in the country, De La Salle of Concord.[citation needed]
Ortner subsequently went on to play collegiately at Metropolitan State University of Denver, and for head coach Mike Dunlap, where he won a Division II National Championship in 2002.[citation needed]
Professional career
[edit]In September 2012, he signed a three-month contract with Gießen 46ers of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[1] He left them after only 4 games and returned to Italy to sign with Montepaschi Siena.[2]
In July 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Umana Reyer Venezia.[3] One year later, both parties extended the contract through 2015-16.[4]
In October 2017, Ortner signed a deal with Sidigas Avellino.[5] On December 15, 2017, Ortner left Avellino and signed a deal with Germani Basket Brescia until the end of the season.[6]
On November 13, 2018, Ortner officially signed a deal with Pallacanestro Reggiana.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Giessen 46ers land Benjamin Ortner to a three-month contract". Sportando.com. September 24, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ "Montepaschi inks big man Ortner". Eurocupbasketball.com. October 23, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ "L'Umana Reyer comunica ufficialmente l'ingaggio di Benjamin Ortner". reyer.it. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "Reyer Venice re-signs big man Ortner". Eurocup Basketball. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Scandone Avellino sings Benjamin Ortner". Sportando.com. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Benjamin Ortner agreed to terms with Leonessa Brescia". Sportando.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Official: Ben Ortner returns to Reggio Emilia after 10 years". basketuniverso.it. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Euroleague profile
- Lega Basket Serie A profile Archived 2020-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Austrian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Austrian men's basketball players
- Pallacanestro Brescia players
- Centers (basketball)
- Giessen 46ers players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Mens Sana Basket players
- Metro State Roadrunners men's basketball players
- Pallacanestro Cantù players
- Pallacanestro Reggiana players
- Pallacanestro Treviso players
- Pallalcesto Amatori Udine players
- Reyer Venezia players
- S.S. Felice Scandone players
- Sportspeople from Innsbruck