Aleksandr Petrovych Salnikov ( uk, Олександр Петрович Сальников; 3 July 1949 – 17 November 2017) was a Ukrainian

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player who competed for the Soviet Union in the

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and the 1980 Summer Olympics.

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* 1949 births 2017 deaths Soviet men's basketball players 1974 FIBA World Championship players 1978 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Ukrainian men's basketball players FIBA World Championship-winning players Sportspeople from Sevastopol {{Basketball-bio-stub