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Alexander Gomelsky (Federación de Rusia)

Nacido en enero 18, 1928, en Krondstadt, Russia.

Passed away on agosto 16, 2005, at the age of 77.

Nacionalidad

Federación de Rusia

Consagrado como entrenador en el Salón de la Fama FIBA en marzo 01, 2007.

Clubes

Spartak Leningrad: 1948-1953
SKA Riga: 1953-1966xt
CSKA Moscow: 1966-1988
USSR National Team: 1962-1970 and 1976-1988
Tenerife: 1988-1989
Limoges CSP: 1990-1991

Logros con Clubes

4 times Champion of the European Cup for Men's Champion Clubs (current Euroleague): 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1971
15 times Champion of the USSR League

Selección Nacional

Participated in 4 Olympic Games (Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968, Moscow 1980 and Seoul 1988) and 5 World Championships (Rio de Janeiro 1963, Montevideo 1967, Ljubljana 1970, Manila 1978 and Colombia 1982) as head coach of the USSR National Team
Olympic Gold medalist in Seoul 1988
Olympic Silver medalist in Tokyo 1964
2 times Olympic Bronze medalist: Mexico 1968 and Moscow 1980
2 times World Champion: Montevideo 1967 and Colombia 1982
Silver medalist in the 1978 Manila World Championship
2 times Bronze medalist in World Championships: Rio de Janeiro 1963 and Ljubljana 1970
6 times European Champion: Wroclaw 1963, Germany 1965, Helsinki 1967, Italy 1969, Italy 1979 and Czechoslovakia 1981
2 times Silver medalist in European Championships: Belgium 1977 and Athens 1987

Logros Individuales

Gomelsky is known as the ‘Godfather of Russian Basketball”
He was the President of the Russian Basketball Federation in 1991-1992
He was the Head of the Russian Delegation in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games
President of CSKA Moscow: 1997-2005
IOC’s Order of Merit: 1998
Upon his death in 2005, CSKA Moscow named him Honorary President