About Valery Goborov
Lived 1966 – 1989 (aged 23). Valery Goborov was a Russian basketball player.
Valery Grigoryevich Goborov (, ; 20 January 1966 – 7 September 1989) was a Soviet basketball player.
Biography Goborov was born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR in 1966.
He won gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics and was a champion of the USSR League (1988). He won a silver medal at Eurobasket 1987, in Athens, against Greece.
On 7 September 1989, he died in Moscow in a car crash.
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Who was Valery Goborov?
Soviet basketball player (1966–1989)
When was Valery Goborov born?
Valery Goborov was born on 20 January 1966 in Kherson.
When did Valery Goborov die?
Valery Goborov died on 7 September 1989 in Moscow.
What was Valery Goborov's occupation?
Valery Goborov was a basketball player.
What nationality was Valery Goborov?
Valery Goborov was Russian.
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