sport.wikisort.org - AthleteAlexander Anatolevich Volkov (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Анато́лійович Во́лков, Russian: Александр Анатольевич Волков; born 29 March 1964), commonly known as Sasha Volkov, is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian professional basketball player. He was born in Omsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union. At 6'10" (2.08 m) tall, he played at the power forward and center positions. He was versatile with the ball and quick on his feet, which made him a very sought after player.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Anatolevich and the family name is Volkov.
Ukrainian professional basketball player
Professional career
Volkov played professionally for Stroitel (1981–1986; 1988–1989), CSKA Moscow (1986–1988), in the NBA, with the Atlanta Hawks (1989–1992), Panasonic Reggio Calabria (1992–1993), Panathinaikos (1993–1994), Olympiacos (1994–1995), and Kyiv (2000–2002).
In USSR he was also selected MVP in 1989, and was one of the key players on the Soviet national team since 1985, winning the gold medal at the 1988 Seoul games.
In 1986 he became the second player from the Soviet Union to be drafted to the NBA. He was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 6th round (Sabonis was drafted late in the first round). Volkov signed with the Hawks 3 years later on 1 August 1989. His brief career in NBA was hampered by injury as well as competition from several all-star front-men: Dominique Wilkins, Kevin Willis and Moses Malone. Volkov averaged 5 points and close to 2 rebounds per game during his first (89-90) season. After missing the whole next season, he came back stronger, roughly doubling his statistical output on the floor and even starting in 27 games. Afterwards, he chose to continue his career in Europe.
He was one of the founders of BC Kyiv. Volkov, who had already retired from playing in 1995, returned to play several games, to help the newly found team in 2000. He later also served as the team's President.[1]
National team career
Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, as a member of the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He also briefly came out of retirement, to play for the senior Ukrainian national basketball team, in 1998.[2]
NBA career statistics
Legend
GP |
Games played |
GS |
Games started |
MPG |
Minutes per game |
FG% |
Field goal percentage |
3P% |
3-point field goal percentage |
FT% |
Free throw percentage |
RPG |
Rebounds per game |
APG |
Assists per game |
SPG |
Steals per game |
BPG |
Blocks per game |
PPG |
Points per game |
Bold |
Career high |
Regular season
Year |
Team |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
1989–90 |
Atlanta |
72 | 4 | 13.0 | .482 | .382 | .583 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .5 | .3 | 5.0 |
1991–92 |
Atlanta |
77 | 27 | 19.7 | .441 | .318 | .631 | 3.4 | 3.2 | .9 | .4 | 8.6 |
Career |
149 | 31 | 16.5 | .455 | .333 | .613 | 2.6 | 2.2 | .7 | .3 | 6.8 |
Political career
From 1999 to 2000, Volkov served as a chairman of the State Committee on Sports in Ukraine. In June 2007, he was elected the head of the Ukrainian Basketball Federation.[3]
Volkov was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament in 2006 on the party list of the Our Ukraine Bloc.[4] But against the will of his faction, he joined the Anti-Crisis Coalition, which prompted early elections.[4] In the early parliamentary elections in 2007 he was reelected to Parliament through the Party of Regions.[4] Volkov was again elected through the Party of Regions to the Ukrainian Parliament in 2012.[5] But left this party's faction in parliament on 17 April 2014.[6] and joined the (then new) faction Economic Development one week later.[7] In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Volkov failed to get reelected into parliament; he was number 9 on the election list of Strong Ukraine, but the party won only one constituency parliamentary seat.[8][9]
Personal life
In 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Volkov joined Ukrainian volunteers fighting against Russian forces. Volkov's family home in Chernihiv was destroyed by the bombings.[10]
References
- "Volkov looks forward to All Star Day". FIBA Europe. March 9, 2004. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
- Taylor, Richard (December 3, 1998). "Basketball: England frozen out by Ukraine". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
- "Volkov Elected President Of Ukraine Federation". FIBA Europe. June 21, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
- (in Russian) Волков Александр Анатольевич, file.liga.net
- (in Ukrainian)Московский комсомолец:Рада як ніколи Moskovsky Komsomolets:Council as ever, Korrespondent.net (13 September 2012)
- "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України".
- "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України".
- "Волков Олександр Анатолійович — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Декларації | ПолітХаб".
- Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - "Olympic champion Sasha Volkov fighting to defend Ukraine". Eurohoops. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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Preceded by Ivan Fedorenko |
Chairman of the State Committee on Physical Culture and Sports 1999–2000 |
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- 1992 USA Men's "Dream Team"
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- 3× EuroLeague Champions: (1997 EuroLeague Champions, 2012 EuroLeague Champions & 2013 EuroLeague Champions Back-to-Back)
- 5× EuroLeague Runners-up: (1994, 1995, 2010, 2015, 2017)
- 10× EuroLeague Final Four: (1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)
- 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champions
- 1997 McDonald's Championship Runners-up against the Chicago Bulls
- 1997 Triple Crown Winners
- 12 Greek Championships
- 9 Greek Cups
- 4 Greek Doubles
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На других языках
- [en] Alexander Volkov (basketball)
[fr] Oleksandr Volkov (basket-ball)
Oleksandr Anatoliovitch Volkov (en russe Александр Анатольевич Волков, Aleksandr Anatolievitch Volkov ; en ukrainien Олександр Анатолійович Волков, Oleksandr Anatoliovitch Volkov), né le 28 mars 1964 à Omsk, est un joueur ukrainien de basket-ball évoluant au poste d'ailier.
[it] Oleksandr Volkov
Oleksandr Anatolijovyč Volkov, in ucraino: Олександр Анатолійович Волков?, noto anche come Alexander "Sasha" Volkov[1][2] (Omsk, 28 marzo 1964), è un ex cestista, dirigente sportivo e politico ucraino.
[ru] Волков, Александр Анатольевич
Александр Анатольевич Волков (укр. Олекса́ндр Анато́лійович Во́лков, англ. Alexander Volkov) (род. 29 марта 1964, Омск, РСФСР, СССР) — советский и украинский баскетболист, один из первых советских баскетболистов в НБА. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1988). Член Зала славы ФИБА (2020)
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