Benjamin Ortner (born March 16, 1983) is a former Austrian professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Reggiana of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).
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Ortner with Venezia in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | (1983-03-16) March 16, 1983 (age 39) Innsbruck, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 226.6 lb (103 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Metro State (2001–2005) |
| NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2000–present |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 2000–2001 | Tirol Innsbruck |
| 2005–2008 | Reggiana |
| 2008–2009 | Amatori Udine |
| 2009–2011 | Cantù |
| 2011–2012 | Benetton Treviso |
| 2012 | Gießen 46ers |
| 2012–2014 | Montepaschi Siena |
| 2014–2017 | Reyer Venezia |
| 2017 | Sidigas Avellino |
| 2017–2018 | Brescia Leonessa |
| 2018–2019 | Pallacanestro Reggiana |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ortner was born and raised in Innsbruck, Austria, where he attended primary and secondary school. Prior to his junior year of high school, he decided to study abroad for a year in the United States where he attended St. Joseph Notre Dame High School, a well-known basketball school based in Alameda (CA).[citation needed]
Due to unfounded allegations made by other competing schools in the region, CIF forced Ortner to sit out the majority of the 1999-2000 season, eventually clearing him to play in the final four games of the year. That year, Ortner and St. Joseph's advanced to regional semi-finals where they lost to eventual champions and USA Today's #10 ranked team in the country, De La Salle of Concord.[citation needed]
Ortner subsequently went on to play collegiately at Metropolitan State University of Denver, and for head coach Mike Dunlap, where he won a Division II National Championship in 2002.[citation needed]
In September 2012, he signed a three-month contract with Gießen 46ers of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[1] He left them after only 4 games and returned to Italy to sign with Montepaschi Siena.[2]
In July 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Umana Reyer Venezia.[3] One year later, both parties extended the contract through 2015-16.[4]
In October 2017, Ortner signed a deal with Sidigas Avellino.[5] On December 15, 2017, Ortner left Avellino and signed a deal with Germani Basket Brescia until the end of the season.[6]
On November 13, 2018, Ortner officially signed a deal with Pallacanestro Reggiana.[7]