Yorman Polas Bartolo

Yorman Polas Bartolo
Polas Bartolo with Riesen Ludwigsburg in 2022
No. 13 – MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
PositionForward
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1985-08-08) August 8, 1985 (age 39)
Camagüey, Cuba
NationalityCuban / German
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2012Tigres de Camagüey
2012–2013München Basket
2013–2014Crailsheim Merlins
2014–2016Gießen 46ers
2016–2020Telekom Baskets Bonn
2020Skyliners Frankfurt
2020–presentRiesen Ludwigsburg
Career highlights and awards

Yorman Polas Bartolo (born 8 August 1985) is a Cuban-German professional basketball player for Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.

He gained German citizenship in 2015, while he was playing for the Gießen 46ers in Germany.[1]

In April 2018, Polas Bartolo was named the Best Defender of the 2017–18 BBL season.[2] In the 2018–19 season, he won the award again. He signed with Riesen Ludwigsburg on 4 August 2020.[3] On March 18, 2021, it was announced that Bartolo won the award for the third time.[4]

National team career

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He played for the Cuban national basketball team at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina where he averaged 9 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Yorman Polas Bartolo erhält deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft" (in German). Gießen 46ers. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "easyCredit - Awards - Bester Angreifer und bester Verteidiger". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ^ "Ludwigsburg announces Yorman Polas Bartolo". Sportando. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Bester Defensivspieler der easyCredit BBL – Yorman Polas Bartolo" (in German). 2021-05-18.
  5. ^ Cuba accumulated statistics | 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, ARCHIVE.FIBA.com, accessed 29 Dec 2016.
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