About Miha Zupan
Miha Zupan is a Deaf Slovenian former professional basketball player. He played among hearing players at the highest level in Europe. He is a 2.05 m power forward who can also play center when needed. He is the only deaf person to play in a professional basketball league and in the EuroCup. Miha Zupan has competed at the Deaflympics on 5 occasions from 1997 to 2017. On October 24, 2007, Zupan finally became the first deaf player in the Euroleague, appearing for Olimpija in their 80–52 loss at Montepaschi Siena in the opening week of regular season play in the 2007-08 Euroleague. Olimpija won the first round of the legal battle in August 2006, but on October 23, an appellate court set aside the decision and ordered a new trial. After his first basketball coach spotted him in a schoolyard, he took to the game quickly, soon joining Slovenia's national basketball team for the Deaf, which twice made the finals of the European championships with Zupan as its star.
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