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Aleksandr Travin

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Aleksandr Travin
Personal information
Born23 July 1937
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died15 February 1989 (aged 51)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportBasketball
ClubCSKA
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 1967 Montevideo Team
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1963 Wrocław Team
Gold medal – first place 1965 Moscow Team

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]

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