Heino Kruus
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Representing  Soviet Union
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1952 Helsinki | Team competition |
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1951 France | USSR |
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1953 USSR | USSR |
Heino Kruus (Russian: Хейно Рихардович Крууc; 30 September 1926 – 24 June 2012) was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] He trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn[2]
He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played in all eight matches.
References
- ^ "Suri olümpiahõbe Heino Kruus - Sport, Korvpall - Postimees.ee" (in Estonian). Sport.postimees.ee. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 306.
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