Vladimir Torban
Olympic athlete
1932 – 2011
Who was Vladimir Torban?
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Torban 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; in 1959, he also won a national title and competed at the world championship, where he held the highest live scoring rate. However, his team was disqualified for refusing to play against Taiwan.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1932
Moscow - Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Lived in
- Moscow
- Died
- Aug 19, 2011
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on July 23, 2013
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