Aleksandr Travin
Appearance
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Born | 23 July 1937 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 February 1989 (aged 51) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandr Konstantinovich Travin (Russian: Александр Константинович Травин; 23 July 1937 – 15 February 1989) was a Russian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet team during the 1960s, and won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] His teams became European champion in 1963 and 1965 and a world champion in 1967. Nationally, his teams won six USSR Premier Basketball League titles in 1960–1962 and 1964–1966.[2]
He graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Smolensk and after retirement worked as a coach and lecturer in physical education. After 1979 he coached in East Germany.[2]
His father, Konstantin Travin, was also an international basketball player and coach.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Aleksandr Travin. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b ТРАВИН Александр Константинович. biograph.ru
- ^ Десять звездных династий. sovsport.ru (2001-10-11)
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 1989 deaths
- Soviet men's basketball players
- 1963 FIBA World Championship players
- 1967 FIBA World Championship players
- Russian men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union
- Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- FIBA World Championship–winning players
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Russian basketball biography stubs