HAGEN, Germany – The German Basketball Federation unveiled its Olympic roster for the 2024 games in Paris, and former Stanford forward Oscar da Silva was among the 12 players selected to compete.
With the selection, da Silva joins Canada’s Dwight Powell in becoming the sixth and seventh Olympians in program history, joining Ron Tomsic (USA, 1956), Jim Walsh (USA, 1956), Andrew Vlahov (Australia, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000), Johnny Rogers (Spain, 2000) and KZ Okpala (Nigeria, 2020). Tomsic and Walsh are the only medalists, having captured gold in Melbourne with the United States in 1956.
A standout forward on the Farm, da Silva left Stanford as a three-time All-Pac-12 honoree, including two first team nods, and as an Academic All-American as a senior. Da Silva was the Pac-12’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Tom Hansen Medal recipient in 2021 as well. The Munich native ranks 16th in Stanford history with 1,446 career points, 13th with 708 rebounds and seventh with 121 blocks.
Da Silva has had a successful start to his professional career with stints at MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (2021), Alba Berlin (2021-22) and FC Barcelona (2022-24), and he signed with Bayern Munich earlier this month. He helped Alba Berlin to the 2022 German League and German Cup Championships and FC Barcelona to the 2023 Liga ACB title.
Entering the Olympic games, da Silva has made six senior appearances with the national team and has averaged 10.0 points per game over those contests.
The Olympics basketball tournament in Paris begin July 27 and run through August 10, with Germany opening against Japan on the 27th. Germany finishes group B action against Brazil on July 30 and vs. France on August 2.