Vladimir Aleksandrovich Torban (; 10 December 1932 – 19 August 2011) was a Soviet basketball player. He trained as a tennis player in the 1940s and only in the 1950s started playing basketball for Dynamo Moscow. Between 1955 and 1959 he was a member of the Soviet team. In 1955, he won a gold medal at the

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and a bronze medal at the

EuroBasket 1955 The 1955 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1955, was the ninth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) enter ...

. Next year, he won a silver medal at the

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. He became European champion in 1957 and 1959; in 1959, he also won a national title and competed at the

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, where he held the highest live scoring rate (57%). However, his team was disqualified for refusing to play against Taiwan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Torban, Vladimir 1932 births 2011 deaths Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union FIBA EuroBasket–winning players Olympic medalists in basketball Soviet men's basketball players 1959 FIBA World Championship players Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in basketball FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union