Richard Lugo

Richard Lugo

Medal record
Men’s basketball
Competitor for  Venezuela
FIBA Americas Championship
Bronze	2005 Santo Domingo	National Team
South American Basketball Championship
Bronze	2001 Valdivia	National Team
Bronze	2004 Rio de Janeiro	National Team

Richard Lugo (born July 5, 1973 in Apure, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player currently signed with Venezuelan team Espartanos de Margarita.

Lugo played one season of NCAA Division I college basketball at Saint Francis College in New York. He averaged 9.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks per game as a freshman starting center for the Terriers.^[1] Following this season, he signed as a professional with Panteras de Miranda in Venezuela.

In 13 years as a professional, Lugo has played for several teams in Latin America and had brief stints in Europe and China.^[2] He was the Venezuelan Player of the Year in 1998 and is a four-time member of the Venezuelan All-Defensive Team (2000, 2005–07) and two-time Puerto Rican League Defensive Player of the Year (2003–04).^[3]

Lugo has been a member of the Venezuela national basketball team since 1998. He competed with the team at the 2002 FIBA World Championship and 2006 FIBA World Championship and was the team's leading rebounder at both tournaments.^[4]

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