Alexander Volkov (basketball)

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Alexander Volkov
Position	Power forward
Height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Born	March 28, 1964 (1964-03-28) (age 44) Omsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
Draft	6^th round, 18^th pick, 134^th overall, 1986 Atlanta Hawks
Pro career	1982–2002
Former teams	Budivelnyk Kiev (1981–1986) CSKA Moscow (1986–1988) Budivelnyk Kiev (1988–1989) Atlanta Hawks (1989–1992) Panasonic Reggio Calabria (1992–1993) Panathinaikos (1993–1994) Olympiacos (1994–1995) BC Kiev (2000–2002)

Competitor for Soviet Union
Olympic medal record
Men's Basketball
Gold	1988 Seoul	USSR
Men's Basketball
World Championships
Silver	1986 Spain	USSR
Silver	1990 Argentina	USSR
European Championships
Gold	1985 West Germany	USSR
Silver	1987 Greece	USSR
Bronze	1989 Yugoslavia	USSR

Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov (Russian:Александр Анатольевич Волков; born March 28, 1964, in Omsk, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" (2.08 m), he played the forward position.

Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team.
He played professionally for Budivelnyk Kiev (1981-1986; 1988-1989), CSKA Moscow (1986-1988), the Atlanta Hawks (1989-1992), Panasonic Reggio Calabria (1992-1993), Panathinaikos (1993-1994), Olympiacos (1994-1995), and BC Kiev (2000-2002).
From 1999 to 2000, he served as Minister of Sports in Ukraine. Today Volkov is the head of the Ukrainian basketball federation, elected on June 21, 2007.^[1]

[edit] Notes

^ Volkov Elected President Of Ukraine Federation

[edit] External links

Alexander Volkov Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
Contact Sports Signs Alexander "Sasha" Volkov. Business Wire. 29 April 2002.
Player Profile - Eurobasket.com
Player Profile - Legabasket.it
Player Profile - eurobasket.lt

v • d • e Soviet Union squad - 1986 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal

4 Volkov \| 5 Sokk \| 6 Tarakanov \| 7 Grichaiev \| 8 Ekabson \| 9 Tikhonenko \| 10 Valters \| 11 Tkachenko \| 12 Kurtinaitis \| 13 Chomičius \| 14 Belostenny \| 15 Sabonis \| Coach: Obukhov

v • d • e Soviet Union squad - 1990 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal

4 Lopatov \| 5 Vetra \| 6 Sokk \| 7 Tikhonenko \| 8 Volkov \| 9 Belostenny \| 10 Berezhnoi \| 11 Meleschenko \| 12 Bazarevich \| 13 Sukharev \| 14 Korolev \| 15 Pinchuk \| Coach: Garastas

v • d • e 1988 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball – Soviet Union

Aleksandr Volkov \| Tiit Sokk \| Sergei Tarakanov \| Šarūnas Marčiulionis \| Igors Miglieneks \| Valeri Tikhonenko \| Rimas Kurtinaitis \| Arvydas Sabonis \| Viktor Pankrashkin \| Valdemaras Chomičius \| Aleksandr Belostennyi \| Valeri Goborov \| Coach: Alexander Gomelsky