Albert Ivanovich Valtin (russian: Альберт Иванович Вальтин ; November 17, 1937 – February 18, 2015) was a Soviet

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

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

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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 {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub