How tall is Dražen Petrović?

Dražen Petrović's listed height was 196 cm (6'5"). He was taller than about 99% of men in Croatia.

Where 196 cm sits among men in Croatia

Taller than about 99% of men in Croatia born in 1964 (average 178 cm).

About Dražen Petrović

Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. He was born on 22 October 1964 in Šibenik. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madrid before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989 with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Petrović earned two silver medals (1988, 1992) and one bronze (1984) at the Summer Olympic Games, a gold (1990) and a bronze (1986) at the FIBA World Cup, and a gold (1989) and a bronze (1987) at the FIBA EuroBasket. With Cibona Zagreb he won two consecutive EuroLeague championships in 1985 and 1986. After playing mostly off the bench in Portland, he broke through following a trade to the New Jersey Nets, and his .4374 three-point field goal percentage ranks fourth in NBA history. He represented Yugoslavia and later Croatia. The Nets retired his jersey number 3, and he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.

Petrović stood a listed 196 cm (6'5"). He died on 7 June 1993, at the age of 28.

Frequently asked

How tall is Dražen Petrović in feet and inches? Dražen Petrović was 6'5" tall, which is 196 cm, 77.2 inches or 1.96 m.

Is Dražen Petrović tall for men in Croatia? At 196 cm he was taller than about 99% of men in Croatia born in 1964, whose average height is 178 cm.

Sources

• Dražen Petrović on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Dražen Petrović on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 196 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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