Vladimir Torban
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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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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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- 3 Vlasov
- 4 Reshetnikov
- 5 Silins
- 6 Stonkus
- 7 Petkevičius
- 8 Bochkaryov
- 9 Konev
- 10 Korkia
- 11 Lauritėnas
- 12 Ozerov
- 13 Moiseyev
- 14 Laga
- 15 Torban
- 16 Semyonov
- Coach: Travin