Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov (October 18, 1933Profile of Mikhail Semyonov
— November 9, 2006) was a Russian

basketball player Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

born in

Rostov-na-Donu Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East ...

Rostov Rostov ( rus, Росто́в, p=rɐˈstof) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population: While t ...

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. As a member of the

Soviet Union national basketball team The Soviet Union men's national basketball team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по баскетболу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po basketbolu) was the national basketball team that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After t ...

he competed at the

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and

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

Olympics, winning two silver medals.Mikhail Semyonov's profile at Sports Reference.com
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1933 births 2006 deaths Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Russian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players 1959 FIBA World Championship players Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{Russia-basketball-bio-stub