Valery Grigoryevich Goborov (Ukrainian: Валерій Григорович Гоборов, Russian: Валерий Григорьевич Гоборов; 20 January 1966 – 7 September 1989) was a Soviet basketball player.

Valery Goborov
Medal record
Men's Basketball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul USSR
Gold medal – first place 1984 Sweden U-18 Team
Eurobasket
Silver medal – second place 1987 Athens USSR

Biography

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Goborov was born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR in 1966.

He won gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics and was a champion of the USSR League (1988). He won a silver medal at Eurobasket 1987, in Athens, against Greece. [1]

On 7 September 1989, he died in Moscow in a car crash.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valery Goborov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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