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Evgeny Gomelsky

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Evgeny Gomelsky
Gomelsky, in 2011.
Personal information
Born (1938-12-26) 26 December 1938 (age 85)
Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet / Russian
Career information
Playing career1954–1965
Coaching career1961–2000
Career history
As player:
1954–1957Spartak Leningrad
1957–1961Rīgas ASK
1961–1965Lokomotiv Volgograd
As coach:
1961–1963Dynamo Volgograd Youth
1963–1968Dynamo Volgograd
1968–1972Dynamo Moscow
1973–1978Dynamo Moscow Women
1979–1992Dynamo Moscow
1985–1992Dynamo Moscow Women
1986–1988Soviet Union Women (assistant)
1988–1991Soviet Union Women
1992Unified Team Women
1992–1994Elitzur Holon
1993Israel Women
1993–1995Russia Women
1994–1995Dynamo Moscow
1995–1996Godella Women
1998–2000Russia Women
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach:
  • Honored Coach of the Russian SSR (1967)
  • Honored Coach of the USSR (1977)
  • Russian Women's Basketball Coach of the Year (1998)
  • Contributor to Russian Basketball (2008)
FIBA Hall of Fame as coach
Medals
Women's Basketball
Head coach for Soviet Union Soviet Union
EuroBasket Women
Gold medal – first place 1989 Bulgaria
Gold medal – first place 1991 Israel
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Seattle
Head coach for Commonwealth of Independent States Unified Team
Summer Olympics Women's
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona
Head coach for Russia Russia
FIBA World Cup Women
Silver medal – second place 1998 Germany
EuroBasket Women
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Poland

Evgeny Yakovlevich Gomelsky (Russian: Евгений Яковлевич Гомельский; 26 December 1938) is a Russian former professional basketball player and coach. He was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, in 2010.[1]

Playing career

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Gomelsky began his club career as a basketball player in 1954, with the Soviet League club Spartak Leningrad. In 1957, he moved to the Soviet League club Rīgas ASK. In 1961, he moved to the Soviet club Lokomotiv Volgograd. He retired from playing club basketball in 1965.

Coaching career

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Clubs

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Gomelsky started his career as a basketball coach in 1961, with Dynamo Volgograd's youth teams. He became the head coach of the senior men's club of Dynamo Volgograd, in 1963. In 1968, he became the head coach of Dynamo Moscow. In 1973, he became the head coach of the Dynamo Moscow women's team.

In 1979, he returned to the position of head coach of Dynamo Moscow. From 1985 to 1992, Gomelsky was the head coach of both the men's and women's teams of Dynamo Moscow. From 1992 to 1994, he was the head coach of the Israeli Super League club Elitzur Holon. From 1994 to 1995, he was once again the head coach of Dynamo Moscow. From 1995 to 1996, he was the head coach of the Spanish women's league club Godella Women.

National teams

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Gomelsky worked as an assistant coach of the Soviet Union women's national team, from 1986 to 1988, under its head coach at that time, Leonid Yachmenjov. Gomelsky then became the Soviet women's national team's head coach. As the head coach of the Soviet women's national team, he won the gold medal at the 1989 EuroBasket Women, the silver medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games, and the gold medal at the 1991 EuroBasket Women.

Gomelsky then worked as the head coach of the CIS Unified women's national team. With the CIS Unified Team, he won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. After that, Gomelsky worked as the head coach of the Russian women's national team. With Russia's women's national team, he won the bronze medal at the 1995 EuroBasket Women, the silver medal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship Women, and the bronze medal at the 1999 EuroBasket Women.

Post-coaching career

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In 2001, Gomelsky became the club President of Dynamo Moscow. He held that position until 2013.

Personal life

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Gomelsky's older brother, Alexander,[2][3] was also a well-known basketball coach, and his nephew, Vladimir, also worked as a basketball player and coach.

See also

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