Héctor Costa

Uruguayan basketball player (1929–2010)
Person human Q2663406
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Summary

Héctor Costa was born on July 30, 1929[1], in Montevideo[2]. He died on May 23, 2010[3]. He worked as a basketball player[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Place of burial: Cementerio del Buceo[6]
  • Country of citizenship: Uruguay[7]
  • Sex or gender: male[8]
  • Member of sports team: Uruguay national basketball team[9]
  • Sport: basketball[10]
  • Family name: Costa[11]
  • Given name: Héctor[12], José[13]
  • Participant in: 1960 Summer Olympics[14], 1956 Summer Olympics[15], 1952 Summer Olympics[16], 1954 FIBA World Championship[17]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish[18]
  • Nickname: Guanaco[19]
  • Country for sport: Uruguay[20]
  • Second family name in Spanish name: Massironi[21]
  • Height: 187 cm[22]
  • Mass: 94 kg[23]

Why It Matters

Héctor Costa has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] He is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

Where was Héctor Costa born?

Héctor Costa was born in Montevideo[2].

What did Héctor Costa do for work?

Héctor Costa worked as a basketball player[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Basketball Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [3] ↑ . larepublica.com.uy. larepublica.com.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Olympedia. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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