Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin (; 14 January 1929 in Leningrad,

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– 23 December 1999 in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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) was a Soviet and Russian professional

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player and coach. He was inducted into the

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in 2007.

Playing career

Kondrashin played

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basketball with Spartak Leningrad. As a player, he received the

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award in 1952.

Coaching career

Club level

At the

level, Kondrashin was the head coach of Spartak Leningrad (later named Spartak Saint Petersburg), from 1967 to 1995. With Spartak, he won the European-wide secondary level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, in

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and 1975, and the USSR / CIS League, in 1975 and 1992.

Soviet Union national basketball team

Kondrashin coached the senior men's

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, from 1971 to 1976. He led them to their first Summer Olympics gold medal, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, when they beat the

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, in the 1972 Summer Olympics' controversial final game, on a last second shot by Alexander Belov. He also coached the Soviet Union to a gold medal at the 1974 FIBA World Championship, a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, a gold medal at the EuroBasket 1971, a bronze medal at the

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, and a silver medal at the EuroBasket 1975. In addition to coaching the senior Soviet national team, he also coached the Soviet national university team, which he led to a gold medal at the 1970 World University Games, and a silver medal at the 1973 World University Games.

Awards and accomplishments

: (1952) * Honored Coach of the USSR: (1971) * Order of the Red Banner of Labour: (1972) *

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: (1985) * Order of Friendship of Peoples: (1985) *

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: (1995) * FIBA Order of Merit: (1999) *Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg: (1999) * Contributor to Russian Basketball: (2007) *

: (2007)

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