Bobi Klintman

Bobi Klintman (born 6 March 2003) is a Swedish basketball player for the Cairns Taipans of the Australia National Basketball League (NBL). He played a season of college basketball in the United States for Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Early life and high school

Klintman was born in Malmö, Sweden, to a Swedish mother and a father from Senegal. He attended Sweden's RIG Mark Academy in Kinna. In the 2019–20 season, he played 13 games for RIG Mark in the third-tier Basketettan. He continued with RIG Mark in the second-tier Superettan in 2020–21 before the season was cancelled in February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He played six games for Borås Basket in the first-tier Basketligan to finish the season.

Klintman enrolled at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, for the 2021–22 U.S. high school year. He was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to play college basketball at Maryland. He later decommitted from Maryland and committed to play at Colorado. Klintman decommitted a second time and ultimately signed to play at Wake Forest.

College career

As a freshman in the 2022–23 season, Klintman played in 33 games with five starts and averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in 20.5 minutes per game for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Klintman initially declared for the 2023 NBA draft and later informed Wake Forest that he would not return to the team for the 2023–24 season.

Professional career

On 13 June 2023, Klintman signed with the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL), joining the team as part of the league's Next Stars program for the 2023–24 season.

National team career

Klintman played for the Sweden men’s national under-18 basketball team in Finland in the Nordic championships where they won the gold medal. Klintman played for the Sweden under-20 basketball team in the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B. He was selected for the all star team .

References

External links

• Wake Forest Demon Deacons bio