Viktor Zubkov (basketball)

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This article is about the Soviet basketball player. For the Russian politician, see Viktor Zubkov.
Viktor Zubkov
Personal information
Born(1937-04-24)24 April 1937
Mozambique
Career highlights and awards
As a player:
Medals
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Basketball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Brazil
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1957 Sofia
Gold medal – first place 1959 Istanbul
Gold medal – first place 1961 Belgrade

Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov (

coach. At a height of 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in), he played at the center position.[1]
He is considered to be one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the 1950s and 1960s.

He won two silver medals at the

Soviet national team. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players
in 1991.

Club playing career

Zubkov played at the club level with CSKA Moscow, with whom he won 8 Soviet national league titles (1959–1966), and two FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) titles (1961 and 1963).

National team career

As a member of the senior men's

FIBA World Cup bronze medal, in 1963 (in which he was also the team captain), and three EuroBasket gold medals (1957, 1959, and 1961
).

Post-playing career

Zubkov retired from playing basketball in 1966, and after that, he worked as senior instructor and deputy chief of the military-engineering academy, named after

Mozambican national team
.

Death

Zubkov died on 16 October 2016.

References

  1. ^ "EuroBasket History - The 50s". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

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