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Lidiya Alekseyeva
Lidiya Vladimirovna Alekseyeva (russian: Лидия Владимировна Алексеева, 4 July 1924 – 26 June 2014) was a Russian basketball player and basketball coach, coach. Alekseyeva was born in Moscow. Alekseyeva was inducted into the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999. She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Famer, FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. On 24 February 2012, Alekseyeva was announced as a member of the List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2012; she was formally inducted on 7 September. Basketball playing career As a player, Alekseyeva won the Soviet Women's Basketball Championship, USSR Women's League with the WBC MAI, MAI Moscow team in 1947, 1951, 1954, 1955, and 1956, and the USSR Cup in 1952. While playing with the senior Soviet Union women's national basketball team, USSR National Team, she won the gold medal at the EuroBasket Women, in EuroBaske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
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 hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
