Bahía Blanca

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Chapters: People from Bahía Blanca, Manu Ginóbili, Alfio Basile, Rodrigo Palacio, César Milstein, Juan Ignacio Sánchez, Ariel Fernandez, Ezequiel Miralles, Ángel Cappa, Alberto Pedro Cabrera, National University of the South, Club Villa Mitre, Club Olimpo, Alfredo Chiaradía, Claudio Graf, Natty Hollmann, Club Atlético Huracán de Ingeniero White, Sergio Rinland, Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, Pablo Paz, Daniel Bertoni, Alicia Partnoy, Bolsa de Comercio de Bahía Blanca, Sebastián Blázquez, Eduardo Mallea, Alejandro Delorte, Hilario Fernández Long, Fernando Ariel Troyansky, Rubén Darío Gigena, Julio Isidro Maiztegui, Guillermo Martínez, Diego Trotta, Bahía Blanca Partido, Sergio Hernández, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca, Roberto Mogrovejo, Jorge Maronna, Carlos di Sarli, Héctor Rossetto, Club Atlético Puerto Comercial, Diego Joaquín País, Omar Alberto Rupp, Coat of arms of Bahía Blanca, Greater Bahía Blanca. Excerpt: Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili (born 28 July 1977) is an Argentine professional basketball player. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ginóbili spent the early part of his basketball career in Argentina and Italy, where he won several individual and team honors. His stint with Italian side Kinder Bologna was particularly productive, earning two Lega A Most Valuable Player awards, the Euroleague Final Four MVP and the 2001 Euroleague and Triple Crown championships. The shooting guard was selected as the 57th overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft and is considered one of the biggest draft steals of all time. Ginóbili returned to Italy and only joined the Spurs in 2002. He did not take long to establish himself as a key player for the Spurs, and has since earned three NBA championship rings as well as being named an All-Star in 2005 and 2011. In the 2007-08 season, he was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year. With the Argentina national team, Ginóbili has also enjoyed success. He made his debut with the national team in 1998, and was a member of the team which won the gold medal during the 2004 Olympics Basketball Tournament. Hailed as one of the finest European-based players to grace the NBA, he plays a high-tempo and intensive game. He is also one of only two players, along with Bill Bradley, to have won a Euroleague title, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal. Ginóbili comes from a family of basketball players. His eldest brother, Leandro, retired in 2003 after seven years in the Argentine basketball league, while Sebastián has played in both the local league and the Spanish Liga Española de Baloncesto. Their father Jorge was a coach at a club in Bahía Blanca, where Ginóbili learned to play the game. Given the proliferation of basketball clubs in Bahía Blanca and his idolization of Michael Jordan, Ginóbili's