Victor Johnovich Keyru (alternate spelling: Viktor Keirou) (; born January 31, 1984) is a Russian former professional

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player. Standing at , he played both the

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and the

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positions. He represented the

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Professional career

Keyru joined

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in June 2008. In July 2010 he signed with

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.Dynamo Moscow signs Victor Keyru
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National team career

Keyru has also been a member of the senior

. He competed with Russia at the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament.

Personal

*His father

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is from

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(he represented his country in 100m competition at the

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) and his mother is Ukrainian. *His sister

Katerina Keyru Katerina Johnovna Keyru (; later Novoseltseva, ; born 4 December 1988) is a Russian basketball shooting guard. She was part of the Russian team that won the 2008 European junior championships. Keyru was born to John Carew, an Olympic sprint ru ...

played for Russia's women's Under-21 national basketball team. *His brother Olah Keyru (''Ола Кейру'') is a famous

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actor on

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References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile

Euroleague.net Profile

1984 births Living people Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics BC Dynamo Moscow players BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players BC Krasnye Krylia players BC Spartak Primorye players BC Spartak Saint Petersburg players BC UNICS players Olympic basketball players for Russia PBC CSKA Moscow players Sportspeople from Rostov-on-Don Russian men's basketball players Russian people of Sierra Leonean descent Russian people of Ukrainian descent Shooting guards Small forwards 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-basketball-bio-stub