Yuri Viktorovich Ozerov (russian: Юрий Викторович Озеров; July 5, 1928 – February 25, 2004) was a Russian

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player who competed for the

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in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

and in the

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. He trained at

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. He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He played all eight matches. Four years later he won his second silver medal as part of the Soviet team.

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1928 births 2004 deaths Russian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players 1959 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union BC Dynamo Moscow players FIBA EuroBasket-winning players Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub