Juan Ostoic

Juan Ostoic (21 March 1931 25 June 2020) was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.[6]

Juan Ostoic
Personal information
Full nameJuan Benito Ostoic Ostojic[1]
NationalityChilean
Born(1931-03-21)21 March 1931[2][3]
Huara, Chile
Died25 June 2020(2020-06-25) (aged 89)[4][5]
Sport
SportBasketball

Ostoic also created crossword puzzles for the La Tercera newspaper since 1981 under the pseudonym "Jota O".[7][5][8]

References

  1. Leal, Álvaro Poblete y Ignacio (26 June 2020). "El eterno crucigrama de Jota O". La Tercera.
  2. Juan Ostoic at Olympedia
  3. Agricultura, Radio. "Falleció Juan Ostoic, leyenda del básquetbol chileno". Radio Agricultura.
  4. Tercera, La (25 June 2020). "Fallece Juan Ostoic, Jota O, mítico basquetbolista chileno y maestro de los puzzles de La Tercera". La Tercera.
  5. "Juan Ostoic, el caballero del básquet".
  6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Ostoic Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "El baloncesto chileno está de luto: Falleció Juan Ostoic, bronce en el Mundial de 1950". alairelibre.cl.
  8. "Juan Ostoic, destacado exbasquetbolista nacional falleció a los 89 años". ADN.
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