Nikolai Semashko (basketball)

Nikolai Vladimirovich Semashko (Cyrillic: Николай Владимирович Семашко; 1907 in the Russian Empire – March 4, 1976 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet sports administrator. He was the head of the Soviet State Sports Committee (1939-1940 and 1950-1954). He also served as Vice President of the FIBA (1960-1976) and President of the Standing Conference of Europe (current FIBA Europe) (1967-1976). In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor in the FIBA Hall of Fame.

The prize for the winning team at EuroBasket is called Nikolai Semashko Trophy.

External links

FIBA Hall of Fame page on Semashko

FIBA Hall of Fame inductees

Coaches (20)

Alexeyeva Díaz-Miguel Donohue Ferrándiz A. Gomelsky E. Gomelsky Gaze Iba Kondrashin Newell Nikolić Novosel Primo Rubini Smith Soares Stirling Summitt Yow Žeravica

Contributors (32)

Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Kozlowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Šaper Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Seye Moreau Stanković Steitz Ueda Vitale Wahby Yoon

Players (43)

Technical officials (14)

Arabadjian Bain Belošević Blanchard Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Lazarov Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Rigas Righetto

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