{{Short description|Argentine basketball player (1927–1993)}} {{Infobox sportsperson |image=Leopoldo Contarbio - El Gráfico 1642.jpg |birth_date=April 29, 1927 |birth_place= |death_date={{death date and age|1993|8|24|1927|4|29}} |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}} {{MedalCountry | {{ARG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA World Cup}} {{MedalGold| 1950 Buenos Aires| National Team}} }}
'''Leopoldo ("Pichón") Contarbio''' (April 29, 1927 – August 24, 1993) was an Argentine basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buenos Aires.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/leopoldo-contarbio-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/leopoldo-contarbio-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Leopoldo Contarbio Olympic Results |accessdate=13 June 2018}}</ref>
In 1948 he was a member of the Argentine basketball team, which finished fifteenth in the 1948 tournament. Four years later he was a member of the basketball team which finished fourth. He played all eight games in the 1952 tournament. His biggest success came when he won the world title at the first World Championship (1950) in his native Buenos Aires.
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{{Argentina Squad 1950 FIBA World Championship}} {{Argentina Men Basketball Squad 1951 Pan American Games}}
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