Dmitri Alexandrovich Gavrilov (; born 27 November 1986) is a Kazakhstani professional

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player. He plays for

BC Astana Astana Basketball Club (), commonly referred to as BC Astana, is a Kazakh professional basketball club that is based in Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the VTB United League sinc ...

of the

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and the

VTB United League The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...

Professional career

The

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native started his career with home town side CSKA Almaty, staying there until 2008 when he was loaned to Barsy Atyrau. In June 2009 he joined the Astana Tigers, the

title holders. He played with the side in the 2010 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, scoring 26 points (including 8 in overtime) to help the Kazakhstani's overcome

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in the group stage. After helping the Tigers win another championship, Gavrilov extended his contract for a year in June 2010. He would post 11 points and 7.9 rebounds in the championship during the season. In June 2011, Gavrilov rejoined Barsy Atyrau for the season, despite reported interest from power house

. Playing with the side in the

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, he contributed 6.5 points and 4.3 rebounds in 20 minutes per game. In July 2012, he moved to Caspiy Aktau. Rejoining Barsy for 2013-2014, Gavrilov posted 6.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in around 19 minutes on average in the

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. Whilst playing for

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, he was selected as the best power forward of the 2014-15 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship, and the 2015 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup.

International career

Gavrilov has played for the Kazakhstan national basketball team. He was part of the squad for the

2007 FIBA Asia Championship The 2007 FIBA Asia Cup, FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the Basketball at the Summer Olympics, men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, T ...

but did not play. In the

2009 FIBA Asia Championship The 2009 in sports, 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 i ...

, he had 10.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 24 minutes per game as Kazakhstan finished 9th. Gavrilov also participated in the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ...

, top-scoring for Kazakhstan in three games, including against champions

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and in the bronze medal game against

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(both losses).

References

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