Norbert Thimm

Norbert Thimm (born August 21, 1949 in Dortmund, West Germany) is a retired German professional basketball player.

[1] Thimm played professional basketball for the West German Basketball Bundesliga teams SSV Hagen, TuS Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the Spanish ACB team Real Madrid.

Even though Thimm constantly was among Real Madrid’s top performers, he never consistently made it into the starting lineup.

As a member of the West German national basketball team, Thimm competed at the EuroBasket 1971 and the 1972 Summer Olympics.

His most noteworthy performance were 21 points at a surprising victory against Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics.