Aleksandr Petrov (basketball)
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 14 May 1939 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 5 May 2001 (aged 61)[1] |
| Height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Club | Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Tbilisi |
Aleksandr Pavlovich Petrov (sometimes: Alexandre) (Template:Lang-ru; 14 May 1939 – 5 May 2001) was one of the first tall centers in Soviet basketball. Playing for the senior men's Soviet Union national basketball team, he won silver medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics,[2] a bronze medal at the 1963 FIBA World Championship, as well as four EuroBasket titles, at EuroBasket 1959, EuroBasket 1961, EuroBasket 1963, and EuroBasket 1965.[3] He was named the best center at the 1963 FIBA World Championship. After he retired from playing, he coached basketball teams in Moscow, and later in Madagascar.[4] For his achievements, he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour.[5]
References
- ^ Aleksandr Petrov's profile at Sport-Strana.ru (in Russian)
- ^ Aleksandr Petrov. sports-reference.com
- ^ All time medallist (Top 10). archive.fiba.com
- ^ Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- ^ ПЕТРОВ Александр Павлович (СССР) Archived 2018-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. sportbiography.ru
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Categories:
- 1939 births
- 2001 deaths
- Sportspeople from Baku
- Azerbaijani men's basketball players
- Soviet men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
- Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Centers (basketball)
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics