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Gennadi Georgievich Volnov (alternate spelling: Gennady, Russian: Геннадий Георгиевич Вольнов, November 28, 1939 – July 15, 2008) was a Russian basketball player who played for the senior Soviet Union national team from the late 1950s, to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball.




Club career


Volnov played with Spartak Moscow (1957–1958). He spent most of his club career playing with CSKA Moscow (1958–1970). While playing with CSKA and the Russian and Moscow unified teams, he won ten Soviet League championships (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, and 1970) and three EuroLeague championships (1961, 1963, and 1969).




National team career


Volnov won the gold medal while playing with the senior Soviet national team at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games. He also won two silver medals at the Summer Olympics (1960 and 1964). He also won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games.
In addition, Volnov also won a gold medal at the 1967 FIBA World Championship, a bronze medal at the 1963 FIBA World Championship, and six FIBA EuroBasket gold medals (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, and 1969).




References






External links


Gennadi Volnov international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Gennadi Volnov at FIBA (archive)
Gennadi Volnov at FIBA Europe
Gennadi Volnov at ProBallers.com
Gennadi Volnov at Eurobasket.com
Gennady Volnov from 101 Greats of European Basketball
Gennadi Volnov at Olympics.com
Gennadi Volnov at Olympedia

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• Soviet Union men's national basketball team
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• Rosters of the champion and finalist teams of EuroLeague
• List of Russian sportspeople
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