Yuri Ozerov (basketball)

Yuri Ozerov
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's basketball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1952 HelsinkiTeam
Silver medal – second place1956 MelbourneTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1953 USSRTeam
Gold medal – first place1957 BulgariaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1955 HungaryTeam

Yuri Viktorovich Ozerov (Russian: Юрий Викторович Озеров; July 5, 1928 – February 25, 2004)[1] was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.[2]

He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He played all eight matches. Four years later he won his second silver medal as part of the Soviet team.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Yuri Ozerov at Olympedia
  2. ↑ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 307.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuri Ozerov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.