Albert Ivanovich Valtin (; November 17, 1937 – February 18, 2015) was a Soviet

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player who competed in the

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and won a

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1937 births 2015 deaths Basketball players from Kharkiv Ukrainian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub