Abdel Azim Ashry (Arabic: عبد العظيم عشري; October 31, 1911, in Egypt – March 2, 1997, in Egypt) was an Egyptian basketball player, referee and sports administrator.
[1] Ashry played in the Egyptian first division basketball league in the 1930s and 1940s.
Subsequently, he served as the president of the Egyptian Basketball Federation in 1972-1985, the president of the Egyptian Olympic Committee in 1978-1985 and secretary general of AFABA (currently FIBA Africa) in 1965-1997.
He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 as a contributor.
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