{{Short description|Austrian basketball player (born 1992)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Toni Blazan | image = 20240825_3x3_Europe_Cup_1261.jpg | caption = Blazan in July 2024 | alt = | number = | team = | position = Small forward | league = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|05|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = | nationality = Austrian | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | draft_league = | career_start = 2010 | years1 = 2010–2014 | team1 = SKN St. Pölten | years2 = 2014–2016 | team2 = BSC Fürstenfeld Panthers | years3 = 2016–2024 | team3 = Swans Gmunden | highlights = *2x Austrian Basketball Superliga champion (2021, 2023) *Austrian Cup winner (2023) *Austrian Supercup winner (2023) *FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup winner (2024) | bbr = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's 3x3 basketball}} {{MedalCountry | {{3x3|AUT}} }} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup}} {{MedalGold| 2024 Vienna | }} }} '''Toni Blazan''' (born 15 May 1992) is an Austrian basketball player who plays as a small forward.
==Professional career== Blazan made his first appearances in the Bundesliga during the 2010/11 season, playing for SKN St. Pölten.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.basketballliga.at/spieler-details?player_id=1122903&season_id=98199 |title=Toni Blazan |work=Basketballliga.at |accessdate=2018-02-12}}</ref> In 2014, he moved to league rivals Fürstenfeld Panthers,<ref>{{cite web |title=Toni Blazan |work=www.eurobasket.com |url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Toni-Blazan/Austria/Basket-Swans-Gmunden/203445 |accessdate=2018-02-12}}</ref> where he quickly became a regular starter, averaging 11.5 points and an average playing time of around 30 minutes per game.<ref name=":0" />
In 2016, Blazan moved to Swans Gmunden.<ref>{{cite web |title=Toni Blazan wechselt nach Gmunden |work=Panthers Fürstenfeld |date=2016-05-18 |url=http://panthers.at/toni-blazan-wechselt-nach-gmunden |accessdate=2018-02-12}}</ref> With the Upper Austrians he won the national championship in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketballaustria.at/bsl/news-details/?id/19425/133525 |title=Swans Gmunden stürmen zum Meistertitel |work=Österreichischer Basketballverband |accessdate=2021-05-17}}</ref> During the 2020/21 championship season, Blazan scored an average of 16 points per game and was the team's third-best scorer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketballaustria.at/teams?team_id=2262&season_id=119179 |title=Swans Gmunden: Statistik gesamt |work=Österreichischer Basketballverband |accessdate=2021-05-17}}</ref> In the 2022/23 season, he won the triple with Gmunden - the Bundesliga, the Cup, and the Supercup winners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Basket-Swans-Gmunden/1382?Page=3 |title=Basket Swans Gmunden 2022-23 |work=Eurobasket.com |accessdate=2023-05-30}}</ref> After the 2023/24 season, he left Gmunden to devote himself entirely to 3x3 basketball.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://basketballaustria.at/home/news-details/?id/19191/201941 |title="Traum wird wahr": Toni Blazan wechselt aus der Halle aufs 3x3-Halbfeld |work=Österreichischer Basketballverband |date=2024-07-01 |accessdate=2024-07-01}}</ref>
==National team career== In the summer of 2016, Blazan was called up to the senior national team for the first time.<ref>{{cite book |title=Teamchef Kemzura bittet zu sechs Trainingseinheiten in Kapfenberg |publisher=Sportreport |date=2016-07-14 |url=http://sportreport.biz/2016/07/14/basketball-teamchef-bittet-zu-sechs-trainingseinheiten-in-kapfenberg/ |accessdate=2018-02-12}}</ref> With the Austrian team in 3x3 basketball, he finished sixth at the 2019 Europe Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://basketballaustria.at/nationalteams/news-details/?id/19191/199417 |title=BSL-Star Toni Blazan verstärkt 3x3-Nationalteam |work=Österreichischer Basketballverband |date=2024-05-07 |language= |accessdate=2024-05-12}}</ref> At the 2024 edition of the 3x3 Europe Cup, which took place in Vienna, he won the European Championship title together with Nico Kaltenbrunner, Enis Murati, and Fabio Söhnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000233800/das-wunder-von-wien-oesterreich-ist-europameister-im-3x3-basketball?ref=niewidget|title=Das Wunder von Wien: Österreich ist Europameister im 3x3-Basketball|work=derstandard.at|date=2024-08-25|accessdate=2024-08-25}}</ref>
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