and averaged 16 points and 6 assists being recognised as a top 5 player at the tournament. He represented New Zealand in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics. He played in the 2002 FIBA World Championship, finishing the tournament ranked third in assists per game. He played only two matches in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, due to a drugs suspension. Dickel played for the Tall Blacks for more than 100 games. Personal life Dickel and his wife Ashley have three children: Jalen, Madden and Boston. Dickel's father, Carl, played first-class cricket for Otago and was the New Zealand women's national basketball team head coach for 10 years and coached the Otago Nuggets for four years from 1994 to 1997. Dickel's brother, Richard, is a well known coach in and around Australia and New Zealand, having coached the Waikato Pistons, Otago Nuggets, Southland Sharks and Adelaide Lightning, as well as Southland Under 17, Under 19 and Under 21 teams. Dickel's nephew, Luke Aston, also plays in the New Zealand NBL. See also List of doping cases in sport New Zealand national basketball team Richard Dickel References External links Basketball New Zealand profile UNLV bio 1976 births Living people Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics BC Oostende players Brose Bamberg players Doping cases in basketball Erdemirspor players Fenerbahçe men's basketball players KK Włocławek players Maroussi B.C. players New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Albania New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Belgium New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Germany New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Greece New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Poland New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Russia New Zealand expatriate basketball people in the Philippines New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Turkey New Zealand men's basketball players New Zealand sportspeople in doping cases Olympic basketball players of New Zealand Otago Nuggets players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players People educated at Logan Park High School TNT Tropang Giga coaches Point guards Southland Sharks players Sydney Kings players Torku Konyaspor B.K. players Trikala B.C. players UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball players Victoria Giants players Wellington Saints players 2006 FIBA World Championship players 2002 FIBA World Championship players Philippines men's national basketball team coaches