Miha Zupan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Miha Zupan
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 13, 1982(1982-09-13)
Age	42
Birthplace	Kranj
Country	Slovenia
Horoscope	Virgo

Miha Zupan Biography

Miha Zupan is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on September 13, 1982 in Kranj, Slovenia. Slovenian professional basketball player, best known for his time with the Helios Suns in the Slovenian League. He is well-known for his role as a power forward or center.

Other Slovenian basketball players include Goran dragic and Beno Udrih.

Zupan spent most of his childhood in a special school for the deaf, eventually learning to speak. A type of hearing aid would later give him enough hearing to understand speech. He did not learn to play basketball until age 14, instead playing football and volleyball. 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. He was selected to represent Slovenia at the Deaflympics in 1997 and competed in his maiden Deaflympic competition at the age of 15. He was part of the Slovenian deaf basketball team which finished 5th in the 1997 Summer Deaflympics. At the age of 17, he signed his first contract with a regular professional team, KD Slovan of Ljubljana. During his teenage years, he grew 20 cm (8 inches) in an 18-month period, leading to knee problems that sidelined him for several months early in his pro career.

Miha Zupan was also the member of the national basketball team which claimed silver medals at the 2001 Summer Deaflympics and at the 2005 Summer Deaflympics.

He was born in Kranj and raised there.

Miha Zupan Net Worth

Miha Zupan is one of the richest Basketball Player from Slovenia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Miha Zupan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of 14, he began basketball. He signed his first contract at the age of 17 with KD Slovan, a professional basketball team in Ljubljana.

He was awarded numerous awards for his playing, including the Slovenian League 1st Team award in 2005 and the Slovenian League Center Award of the Year in 2006. He is also well-known for his deafness since birth.

Miha Zupan (born September 13, 1982) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for KD Slovan of the third division . He played among hearing players at the highest level in Europe, despite being deaf since birth. He is a 2.05 m (6 ft 8¾ in) power forward who can also play center when needed. He is the only deaf person to play in professional basketball league and in the EuroCup. Miha Zupan has competed at the Deaflympics on 5 occasions from 1997-2017.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Miha Zupan height 6 ft 9 in Miha weight 113 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Miha Zupan Dating?

According to our records, Miha Zupan married to Maja Zupan. As of December 1, 2023, Miha Zupan’s is not dating anyone.

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The legal battle raged until late February 2007, when Olimpija and Slovan reached a settlement. After Olimpija paid an undisclosed fee to Slovan, they finally registered him officially on March 1. The settlement proved timely for Olimpija, as they had seen six players leave the team during the season, and had two other players out with injury. While Zupan was unable to play during the 2006-07 Euroleague, as Olimpija had been eliminated by the time of the settlement, he arrived in time for the late rounds of the Adriatic League and for the second stage of the Slovenian domestic league.

Facts & Trivia

Miha Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Slovenia. Miha Zupan celebrates birthday on September 13 of every year.

In July 2010 he signed a two-year deal with Spartak SPB in Russia. In the same year, he was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportsman of the Year by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf as he topped the list with 60 points.