Albert Ivanovich Valtin (russian: Альберт Иванович Вальтин ; November 17, 1937 – February 18, 2015) was a Soviet
basketball
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player who competed in the
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
and won a
silver medal
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.
References
1937 births
2015 deaths
Sportspeople from Kharkiv
Ukrainian men's basketball players
Soviet men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in basketball
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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