(1928-01-18)18 January 1928 Kronstadt, Leningrad Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died
16 August 2005(2005-08-16) (aged 77) Moscow, Russia
Nationality
Soviet / Russian
Career information
Playing career
1945–1953
Position
Point guard / shooting guard
Coaching career
1949–1991
Career history
As player:
1945–1948
SKIF Leningrad
1949–1953
SKA Leningrad
As coach:
1949–1952
Spartak Leningrad (women)
1953–1965
Rīgas ASK
1970–1979, 1985–1986
CSKA Moscow
1988–1989
Tenerife AB
1990–1991
CSP Limoges
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach
Olympics Games champion (1988)
2× FIBA World Cup champion (1967, 1982)
6× FIBA EuroBasket champion (1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1981)
4× EuroLeague champion (1958–1960, 1971)
FIBA EuroStar (1999)
Honored Coach of the USSR (1956)
Master of Sports of the USSR International Class (1965)
12× Soviet League champion (1955–1958, 1971–1974, 1976–1979)
2× Soviet Cup winner (1972, 1973)
4× Soviet Union Men's Basketball Coach of the Year (1967, 1977, 1982, 1988)
Honored Coach of the Lithuanian SSR (1982)
Olympic Order (1998)
Contributor to Russian Basketball (2004)
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
FIBA Hall of Fame as coach
Medals
Men’s Basketball
Head coach for Soviet Union
FIBA EuroBasket
1963 Poland
1965 Soviet Union
1967 Finland
1969 Italy
1977 Belgium
1979 Italy
1981 Czechoslovakia
1983 France
1987 Greece
FIBA World Cup
1963 Rio de Janeiro
1967 Montevideo
1970 Yugoslavia
1978 Philippines
1982 Colombia
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1980 Moscow
1988 Seoul
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (Russian: Александр Яковлевич Гомельский; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Russian professional basketball player and coach.[1] The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.
Alexander Gomelsky was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee in 1998. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.
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