Vitaly Yevgenyevich Nosov (russian: Виталий Евгеньевич Носов; born 1 February 1968 in

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) is a retired

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n professional

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player. He was part of the Russian squad that won the silver medal at the

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and

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* 1968 births Living people Soviet men's basketball players Russian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of the Unified Team Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics BC Avtodor Saratov players KK Olimpija players BC Dynamo Moscow players 1994 FIBA World Championship players {{Russia-basketball-bio-stub