Vladimir Torban, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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basketball player
Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1932
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Date of Death: 19-Aug-2011
Profession: basketball player
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Vladimir Torban
- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Torban (Russian: ???????? ????????????? ??????; 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 Summer Universiade and a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1955.
- Next year, he won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
- He became European champion in 1957 and 1959; in 1959, he also won a national title and competed at the world championship, where he held the highest live scoring rate (57%).
- However, his team was disqualified for refusing to play against Taiwan.
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