Uros Plavsic becomes third Tennessee men’s basketball player to win Olympic medal

Serbia and former Vol Uros Plavsic win a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The bronze medal men’s basketball game was contested on Saturday at the Paris Olympics.

Serbia defeated Germany, 93-83. Former Vol Uros Plavsic played for Serbia during the Summer Olympics.

He is the third Tennessee men’s basketball player to win an Olympic medal, joining Ernie Grunfeld and Allan Houston. Grunfeld won a gold medal in 1976 for the United States, while Houston won a gold medal in 2000 for Team USA.

Plavsic played at Tennessee from 2019-23 under head coach Rick Barnes. He averaged 3.7 points, 0.5 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 47 percent from the field.

Plavsic played high school basketball at Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He transferred to Tennessee from Arizona State, where he played from 2018-19.