Peter Vilfan is a Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n basketball player.

Vilfan played for KK Union Olimpija

KK Union Olimpija

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 and the Yugoslavia national team

Yugoslavia national basketball team

The Yugoslavian national basketball team represented the Kingdom and socialist Yugoslavia. Its of governing body was the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, whose seat was in Belgrade....

, with which he won a gold medal

Gold medal

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 in the 1978 FIBA World Championship

1978 FIBA World Championship

The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978.Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila were the venues for the event.-Venues:...

 in Manila

Manila

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.

Club career

As well as KK Union Olimpija

KK Union Olimpija

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, Vilfan played for KK Jugoplastika (now known as KK Split

KK Split

KK Split , KK Split CO for sponsorship relations is a basketball club from Split, Croatia. Currently, KK Split competes in the A-1 Liga and Krešimir Ćosić Cup.-History:...

) and for KK Partizan

KK Partizan

Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague....

.

Yugoslavia

Vilfan made 121 appearances for Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia national basketball team

The Yugoslavian national basketball team represented the Kingdom and socialist Yugoslavia. Its of governing body was the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, whose seat was in Belgrade....

 between 1977 and 1983, making him the third most capped Slovenian player for Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia national basketball team

The Yugoslavian national basketball team represented the Kingdom and socialist Yugoslavia. Its of governing body was the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, whose seat was in Belgrade....

. He played in five international tournaments: the 1978 FIBA World Championship

1978 FIBA World Championship

The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978.Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila were the venues for the event.-Venues:...

, the 1979 European Basketball Championship

EuroBasket 1979

The 1979 European Basketball Championship, and in short Eurobasket 1979, was the 21st regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Italy...

, the 1981 European Basketball Championship

EuroBasket 1981

The 1981 FIBA European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 1981, was the 22nd regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Czechoslovakia and took place from May 26 to June 5, 1981...

, the 1982 FIBA World Championship

1982 FIBA World Championship

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 and the 1983 European Basketball Championship

EuroBasket 1983

-Venues:-Group A - Limoges :-Group B - Cannes :-Places 9 - 12:-Places 5 - 8:-Places 1 - 4:-Finals:-Final rankings:# # # # # # # # # # # # -Team rosters:...

. He won one gold and one bronze medal in the World Cup

FIBA World Championship

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, and one silver and one bronze in the European Cup

Eurobasket

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Slovenia

Vilfan was the first captain of the Slovenian national basketball team, following Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia.

Retirement

After his retirement Vilfan began working at the Slovenian radio and television network

Radiotelevizija Slovenija

Radiotelevizija Slovenija – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world...

as a sports commentator. He also opened a basketball school for children.