Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev (; 10 January 1921 – 9 November 1965) was a Russian

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player. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in

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Club career

Konev played club basketball with

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National team career

Konev played with the senior

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at the

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, where he won a silver medal. He played in all eight of the Soviet Union's games.

References

External links

Anatoly Konyev at databaseOlympics.com
1921 births 1965 deaths Russian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union PBC CSKA Moscow players Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople FIBA EuroBasket–winning players Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub