Benjamin Ortner

Benjamin Ortner ( born March 16, 1983 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian professional basketball player. Except for a short time in 2012, when he played for the German Bundesliga LTi Giessen 46ers, the insertable to the power forward and center positions Ortner is active since 2005 in Italy.

During his studies from 2001 to 2005 in the United States Ortner played together with the known inter alia from the German Basketball Bundesliga Mark Worthington for the basketball team of the Metropolitan State College of Denver and won the 2002 championship in the NCAA Division II He could at Roadrunners as a good shot blocker distinguished and holds the team record for most blocks in a game. After studying Ortner moved to Pallacanestro Reggiana, where he played two years in Serie A and one year in the Legadue. He then played for Pallalcesto Amatori Udine, but its relegation from the Serie A, he could not prevent. However, Ortner remained in the highest Italian league and signed with giants Pallacanestro Cantu. With this club he qualified immediately for the playoffs, but was injured already in their opening encounter and could not be used in the playoffs. In the following season Ortner achieved with Cantu, both in the Italian championship and the Cup the final, which meant the participation of the Association in the Euro League for the 2011/12 season. The end of 2011, he transferred to Benetton Treviso and thus Ortners next Karriestation in Italy.

Initially he found in the summer of 2012 no new club, Ortner was committed by the LTi Giessen 46ers from Germany. There he received a contract for three months and should help out because of injury problems. Ortner ran in four games for the Hessians, and then received an offer from Montepaschi Siena. He accepted this and moved back to Italy. This season Ortner won with Siena both the Italian championship and the Cup and reached the Euro League, the top 16

To kick off the 2013/14 season Ortner was able to celebrate the victory in the Italian Super Cup with Siena. In the Euro League, however, you missed a place in the Top 16 and then also missed in the Eurocup second round ( the so-called load 32 ) the knockout phase. This season reached Ortner with the Siena Italian Cup final, but this time had to make sure Banco di Sardegna Sassari beaten.

Success & Title

  • Italian Champion: 2013
  • Italian Cup Winners' Cup: 2013
  • Italian Super Cup winner: 2013
  • Euro League Top 16: 2013
  • NCAA Division II Champion: 2002
Center (Basketball) Metropolitan State University of Denver Mens Sana Basket Lega Basket Serie A National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball-Bundesliga Legadue Basket Euroleague Basketball
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