Vladimir Aleksandrovich Torban (Russian: Владимир Александрович Торбан; 10 December 1932 – 19 August 2011) was a Soviet basketball player. He trained as a tennis player in the 1940s and only in the 1950s started playing basketball for Dynamo Moscow. Between 1955 and 1959 he was a member of the Soviet team. In 1955, he won a gold medal at the Summer Universiade and a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1955. Next year, he won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He became European champion in 1957 and 1959;[1] in 1959, he also won a national title and competed at the world championship, where he held the highest live scoring rate (57%).[2] However, his team was disqualified for refusing to play against Taiwan.[3][4]
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| Born | 10 December 1932 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 August 2011 (aged 78) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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References edit
- ^ ТОРБАН Владимир Александрович (СССР). sportbiography.ru
- ^ 19 августа 2011 ушел из жизни – Торбан Владимир Александрович. dynamobasket.com (2011-08-22)
- ^ Vladimir Torban. sports-reference.com
- ^ Торбан Владимир Александрович (1932–2011) Archived 2013-01-09 at archive.today. sport-necropol.narod.ru