Juan Benito Ostoic Ostoic [ a] [ 1] (21 March 1931 – 25 June 2020), known as Juan Ostoic , was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics .[ 2]
Ostoic also created crossword puzzles for the La Tercera newspaper since 1981 under the pseudonym "Jota O".[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Ostoic was born in Huara , Chile. He died on 25 June 2020 from heart failure in Santiago de Chile , aged 89.[ 6] [ 4]
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↑ Leal, Álvaro Poblete y Ignacio (26 June 2020). "El eterno crucigrama de Jota O" . La Tercera (in Spanish).
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Juan Ostoic" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2018 . Full name: Juan Ostoic Ostoic
↑ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "El baloncesto chileno está de luto: Falleció Juan Ostoic, bronce en el Mundial de 1950" . alairelibre.cl .
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Juan Ostoic, el caballero del básquet" . Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-06-26 .
↑ "Juan Ostoic, destacado exbasquetbolista nacional falleció a los 89 años" . ADN .
↑ Tercera, La (25 June 2020). "Fallece Juan Ostoic, Jota O, mítico basquetbolista chileno y maestro de los puzzles de La Tercera" . La Tercera .
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