Dmitri Alexandrovich Gavrilov (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Гаврилов; born 27 November 1986) is a Kazakhstani professional

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player. He plays for

BC Astana Astana Basketball Club ( kk, Astana Basketbol Kluby), commonly referred to as BC Astana, is a Kazakh professional basketball club that is based in Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship a ...

of the

Kazakhstan Basketball Championship The Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу) is the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan, it is organised by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its ...

and the

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Professional career

The

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

native started his career with home town side CSKA Almaty, staying there until 2008 when he was loaned to

Barsy Atyrau Basketball Club "BC" Barsy Atyrau (russian: Баскетбольный клуб "БК" Барсы Атырау) is a Kazakhstani professional basketball club based in the city of Atyrau in western Kazakhstan. Founded in 2003, Barsy has competed ...

. In June 2009 he joined the

Astana Tigers Tigers Astana Basketball Club ( kk, Zholbarystar Astana Basketbol Kluby) or more commonly Astana Tigers ( kk, Astana Zholbarystary) is a Kazakh basketball club based in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2000, the club competed in the Kazakhst ...

, the

title holders. He played with the side in the

2010 FIBA Asia Champions Cup The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2010 was the 21st staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar in the hall of Al-Rayyan Sports Club Gharafa between May 22, 2010 and May 30 ...

, scoring 26 points (including 8 in overtime) to help the Kazakhstani's overcome

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in the group stage. After helping the Tigers win another championship, Gavrilov extended his contract for a year in June 2010. He would post 11 points and 7.9 rebounds in the championship during the season. In June 2011, Gavrilov rejoined Barsy Atyrau for the season, despite reported interest from power house

. Playing with the side in the

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, he contributed 6.5 points and 4.3 rebounds in 20 minutes per game. In July 2012, he moved to Caspiy Aktau. Rejoining Barsy for 2013-2014, Gavrilov posted 6.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in around 19 minutes on average in the

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. Whilst playing for

Kapchagay Konaev ( kk, Қонаев; russian: Конаев), previously known as Kapchagay ( kk, Қапчағай, links=no; russian: Капшагай, links=no or ), is a city with the Almaty Region of Kazakhstan. It is located on the Ili River, and has ...

, he was selected as the best power forward of the 2014-15 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship, and the

2015 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup The 2015 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup ( kk, 2015 маусымдағы баскетболдан Қазақстан Кубогы; russian: Кубок Казахстана по баскетболу сезон 2015) was the 13th edition of the Kazakhsta ...

International career

Gavrilov has played for the

Kazakhstan national basketball team The Kazakhstan national basketball team represents Kazakhstan in basketball international competitions. They belong to the FIBA Asia zone. History Kazakhstan's best finish in international competition was in the 2002 Asian Games, beating the Phi ...

. He was part of the squad for the

2007 FIBA Asia Championship The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, Japan from July 28 to August 5, 2007. Particip ...

but did not play. In the

2009 FIBA Asia Championship The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China ...

, he had 10.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 24 minutes per game as Kazakhstan finished 9th. Gavrilov also participated in the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, top-scoring for Kazakhstan in three games, including against champions

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and in the bronze medal game against

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

(both losses).

References

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Retrieved 10 July 2015 1986 births Living people Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games BC Astana players Kazakhstani men's basketball players Sportspeople from Almaty Power forwards (basketball) Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-basketball-bio-stub