Juan Ostoic

Juan Benito Ostoic Ostoic (21 March 1931 – 25 June 2020), known as Juan Ostoic, was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Ostoic also created crossword puzzles for the La Tercera newspaper since 1981 under the pseudonym "Jota O".

Ostoic was born in Huara, Chile. He died on 25 June 2020 from heart failure in Santiago de Chile, aged 89.

Notes

  1. ↑ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ostoic and the second or maternal family name is Ostoic.

References

  1. ↑ Leal, Álvaro Poblete y Ignacio (26 June 2020). "El eterno crucigrama de Jota O". La Tercera (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Ostoic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2018. Full name: Juan Ostoic Ostoic
  3. ↑ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "El baloncesto chileno está de luto: Falleció Juan Ostoic, bronce en el Mundial de 1950". alairelibre.cl.
  4. 1 2 "Juan Ostoic, el caballero del básquet". Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  5. ↑ "Juan Ostoic, destacado exbasquetbolista nacional falleció a los 89 años". ADN.
  6. ↑ Tercera, La (25 June 2020). "Fallece Juan Ostoic, Jota O, mítico basquetbolista chileno y maestro de los puzzles de La Tercera". La Tercera.

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