Davide Ancilotto

Davide Ancilotto (Venice, 3 January 1974 – Rome, 24 August 1997) was an Italian professional basketball player.

He made his debut for the Italy national team on 12 November 1995 against Finland, in Helsinki, playing in 18 games and scoring 102 points.

On 16 August 1997, during a friendly summer match in Gubbio in a quadrangular pre-season tournament, Ancilotto suddenly fell to the ground, a victim of brain ischemia.

He died at the San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome on the night of 24 August after eight days in a coma.

[2] At his funeral, the entire world of Italian basketball gathered in the church of San Lorenzo, Duomo di Mestre.