Valery Goborov
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's basketball | ||
Representing the  Soviet Union | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1988 Seoul | USSR |
| 1984 Sweden | U-18 Team |
| Eurobasket | ||
 | 1987 Athens | USSR |
Valery Grigoryevich Goborov (Ukrainian: Валерій Григорович Гоборов, Russian: Валерий Григорьевич Гоборов; 20 January 1966 – 7 September 1989) was a Soviet basketball player.
Biography
[edit]Goborov was born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR in 1966.
He won gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics and was a champion of the USSR League (1988). He won a silver medal at Eurobasket 1987, in Athens, against Greece.[1]
On 7 September 1989, he died in Moscow in a car crash.
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valery Goborov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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