Heiko Schaffartzik

Heiko Schaffartzik, born on 3 January 1984, is a German former professional basketball player who also represented the Germany national team. He won two Basketball Bundesliga titles with Alba Berlin, in 2002-03 and 2003-04, and returned to the club in 2011, playing his first EuroLeague season in 2012-13 with an average of 6.2 points per game. In 2013 he signed with Bayern Munich and won the Bundesliga again in 2013-14 after beating Alba in the finals. He went on to play in France for Limoges and Nanterre 92, with whom he won the French Cup and the FIBA Europe Cup in 2017, and later in Spain for Zaragoza and in Germany for the Hamburg Towers. For Germany he played at EuroBasket 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 and at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He was cured of leukemia as a child and visits sick children each year.