Stefano Garris

Stefano "Nino" Garris, born on 21 April 1979, is a German former professional basketball player. He was born in West Germany to an Italian mother and an African American father, and he went on to represent the German national team, for which he was capped 72 times. The high point of his international career came at the 2002 Basketball World Cup in Indianapolis, United States, where Germany finished in third place and took the bronze position in the tournament. His career as a professional ended when his retirement was announced in 2012, a decision attributed to the injuries he had suffered. The account of his career in the encyclopedia source is brief, so this entry records only the facts that source states about his birth, his parentage, his national team appearances and his retirement, and leaves club-level detail to later sourcing.