Alexander Anatolievich Petrenko (alternative spelling: Alexandre; 4 February 1976 – 21 July 2006) was a Russian professional
basketball
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player. He was born in
Almaty
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,
Kazakh SSR
; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы)
*1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы)
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, and held Russian citizenship.
Professional career
Petrenko played professional basketball with
Khimki Moscow Region
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, in the
Russian Championship. He was named the
Russian League Player of the Year in 2006.
National team career
Petrenko was a member of the senior
Russian national basketball team
The Russia men's national basketball team (russian: национа́льная сбо́рная Росси́и по баскетболу, natsionalnaya sbornaya rossii po basketbolu) represents Russia in international basketball competition. Th ...
. He played at the
1999 EuroBasket
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.
Death
Petrenko died in a car crash near
Samara, Russia
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, on 21 July 2006.
RUSSIA: PETRENKO KILLED IN CAR CRASH.
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References
External links
Euroleague.net ProfileThe Alexander Petrenko Memorial
1976 births
2006 deaths
BC Arsenal Tula players
BC Khimki players
BC Samara players
BC UNICS players
PBC CSKA Moscow players
Power forwards (basketball)
Road incident deaths in Russia
Russian men's basketball players
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