Benjamin Ortner

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Benjamin Ortner
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Ortner with Venezia in 2016
Personal information
Born (1983-03-16) March 16, 1983 (age 43)
Innsbruck, Austria
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight226.6 lb (103 kg)
Career information
CollegeMetro State (2001–2005)
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career2000–present
PositionCenter
Career history
2000–2001Tirol Innsbruck
2005–2008Reggiana
2008–2009 Amatori Udine
2009–2011 Cantù
2011–2012Benetton Treviso
2012Gießen 46ers
2012–2014Montepaschi Siena
2014–2017Reyer Venezia
2017Sidigas Avellino
2017–2018Brescia Leonessa
2018–2019Pallacanestro Reggiana
Career highlights
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

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

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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

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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

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