Rolando Hourruitiner
Personal information | |
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Born | San Juan, Puerto Rico | May 28, 1975
Nationality | Puerto Rico |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1992–2006 |
Coaching career | 2009–2015 |
Career history | |
1992–1995 | Leones de Ponce |
1996–1997 | Cariduros de Fajardo |
1998 | Gallitos de Isabela |
1999–2006 | Cangrejeros de Santurce |
Career highlights and awards | |
Medals |
Rolando Hourruitiner (born May 28, 1975) is a business professional and entrepreneur; focusing mainly in sports & entertainment, media, digital, mobile and hospitality. Hourruitiner is a former basketball player, coach and sports agent with extensive international exposure. He has also been featured as a basketball TV commentator and analyst in Puerto Rico.
Rolando was a member of the Puerto Rico Basketball National Team from 1995 until 2004, including been a key player of the 2004 team that defeated the United States Basketball National Team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.[1][2] He also competed in PanAm Games, Goodwill Games and FIBA World Cup.
Hourruitiner graduated from Charleston Southern University in Charleston, SC, in 1998. He was co-captain of the 1996-1997 CSU Buccaneers NCAA Division 1 basketball team that won the NCAA Big South Conference championship and went on to the 1997 NCAA basketball tournament. It was the first time for Charleston Southern University Basketball to compete in the National Tournament... To this day, it's still the only CSU Bucs team to make it.
In October, 2015, Rolando was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame of his hometown Caguas, Puerto Rico (Pabellón de la Fama del Deporte Cagüeño). He was honored and recognized for his years of continued success as a basketball player, coach and executive, including his 10 years (1995–2004) as a member of the Puerto Rico Basketball National Team.
References
[edit]- ^ Rolando Hourruitiner
- ^ "Puerto Rico 92, USA 73". Usabasketball.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- 1998 FIBA World Championship players
- 2002 FIBA World Championship players
- Baloncesto Superior Nacional players
- Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball players
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in basketball
- Leones de Ponce basketball players
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Puerto Rican businesspeople
- Puerto Rican men's basketball players
- Puerto Rico men's national basketball team players
- Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Cariduros de Fajardo players
- Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Puerto Rico
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Puerto Rican basketball biography stubs