The biography of Salnikov is brief

Search for Salnikov Alexander Petrovich Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, two -time bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, World Champion, two -time European champion, three -time winner of the intercontinental cup, winner of the Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR is one of the strongest snipers of the Soviet and European basketballs of the X and X.

distances and magical ability without a ball to play as if the ball is always in his hands. The illustrated biography from the book “Legends of Russian basketball” Alexander Petrovich Salnikov was born on July 3 in the legendary city of Russian naval glory Sevastopol. He spent his adolescence in the Kuban, in the Krasnodar Territory, which gave basketball there are many wonderful masters.

Alexander trained in the Youth Sports School of Tuapse with Viktor Petrovich Fionov, Honored Coach of Russia, his first coach, who opened his way to the world basketball, whom he recalls with gratitude. After graduating from school, he entered the Krasnodar Medical Institute, where he was noticed by the young ambitious coach Alexander Bannikov, a student of Igor Zelenov, the master of the Kuban basketball.

Bannikov invited the summer student Salnikov to the team of the High League "Stroitel" Krasnodar, and a little later - to the national team of the Krasnodar Territory.

One of the leading players, the sniper of that team was A. By accuracy of distant shots with Salnikov, the Treasure of Growth SM already few could compare. He hit the ring from meters with amazing composure and confidence. Colleagues said about him: “It seems that Sasha scores even when he does not have a ball: a moment earlier, a moment later - the ball still turns out to be from him, and he will certainly abandon and will certainly clog.” Not possessing an athletic physique and special jumping in, Elongs were distinguished by a unique sense of the ring.

He attacked from any position, any distance is phenomenally accurately and was the favorite of the public. And besides, he could, using elegant feints, brightly individually go under the very ring through the gearboxes of the opponents and give a one hundred percent assasser or abandon himself. However, high performance did not appear by itself. Salnikov on the site performed a tremendous volume of work.

To get the ball, he had to open dozens of times, be guided, go under the barrier. V. Shablinsky, the coach of the main team of Ukraine and the Kyiv Builder, could not pass by the player, and Salnikov has already played in Kyiv since the year. The next year he graduated from the Kiev Medical Institute and, as part of the Builder, became the winner of the USSR championship, while Bronzov.

In the same year, Salnikov made his debut in the USSR national team and won with it the “First World Basketball Festival” - a tournament of nine strongest world teams with the participation, including the national teams of Yugoslavia, the USA, Cuban, held in Kondrashin after the famous customs scandal and the subsequent disqualification of the leading players, took part in the World Cup in the World Cup in the world Puerto Rico.

At that championship, the Soviet team “tore into shreds” of all its rivals. Paulausskas, S. Belov and A. Salnikov set a record worthy of the Guinness Book: they beat the national team of the Central African Republic with a gap of 92! In the decisive match for Gold, the US strong team was defeated. The hero of that battle was Alexander Salnikov, who "brought" 38 points to the Americans.

Moreover, there were no three -point shots then, and he scored mostly with distant throws from 6 or more meters. The USSR national team, not without the help of the Yugoslavs, the second time in its history became the world champion. Based on the results of the championship, Salnikov entered the symbolic five of the best players in the world and received from journalists a nickname according to one version of the Russian Ballistic Rocket, on the other - “Transatlantic bomber”.

The legend says that the great Vladimir Kondrashin, who appreciated Salnikov, then said about him: “Sasha is an outstanding master. The magi touched his hand - she is very light, not knowing the miss. Such players adorn basketball. " Another great Soviet coach Alexander Gomelsky also did not skimp on praise: “Salnikov - a rare sniper, a trucker. When he had a throw, he could beat any team alone.

He took the defender out of his position with a series of feints and, throwing the ball into the ring, often also received the right to a penalty throw. ” Gagarin in Tallinn. The record of the country's championship for the number of points scored in one match belonging to A. Salnikov 66 is still not surpassed. The famous Ukrainian basketball player Vadim Puzyre, who played along with Salnikov, recalled: “Salnikov’s effectiveness was implausible at that time.

It was then that Brazilian Schmidt and Greek Gallis appeared in the world. And before that, Salnikov seemed to be alone. Nobody scored so much. Moreover, we have. " In the wake of that loud success, A. Salnikov was drafted into the army and served in the Moscow CSKA all year, which then trained A. it was another very fruitful year for Salnikov.In June, the year of Yugoslavia, Alexander Salnikov became a silver medalist of the European Championship.

Could become gold. But the biased refereeing of the Canadian referee, deprived the strongest national team of the USSR, additionally reinforced by the four of the “golden” Olympians of the year, who returned from the disqualification in the final match with the hosts of the championship. In August of the same year, together with the USSR national team, he became the winner of the first drawing of the intercontinental cup for the fiba teams subsequently he repeated this achievement twice - in the year.

Could become gold, but Mu was destined to become the year of the triumph of the Leningrad "Spartak". In the year. Salnikov returned to Kyiv and successfully played in the "Builder" for two seasons. The Soviet team, led by V. Kondrashin, went to beat the Americans and win the Olympics in the Montreal Olympic Games in the year. The Olympic team included five players from the Munich Golden Squad: S.

Belov, A. Zhamukhamedov, I. Pivoshko and M. A. Salnikov, V. Zhigili and V. Miloserov joined them, which have stably played for the national team. Four basketball players are Leningraders A. Makeev and V. Arzamaskov, Moscow army men A. Myshkin and V. Tkachenko were a young replenishment. In the preliminary tournament, Soviet basketball players beat all their rivals without any problems.

Problems began in the playoffs, where the Yugoslavs were waiting for the USSR national team. The battle was not for life, but to death with more tall “south” was lost - he physically did not have enough strength, which deprived the Soviet team of hopes for “silver” and “gold”, and the tournament was deprived of intrigue, so what was not destined to take place with the Americans.

A. Gomelsky, who commented on that match, believed that it was impossible to release the five, which started in the previous seven matches, to release in full force. About the three players of the perimeter of that starting five, each of which was an excellent experienced sniper S. Belov -Arzamasks -Salnikov, he expressed himself briefly: "This three goals are not enough." Gomelsky, there was a change of generations with an eye on the Olympics, nevertheless, a strong, mainly sheltered composition of including and Salnikov allowed us to hope for victory.

Like the Olympics, the Soviet team quite successfully with one defeat from the Italians went through a group tournament, won its semifinal tournament and went to the final, where ... again lost to the Yugoslavs - and was forced to content with silver. The history of the Olympiad as a whole repeated four years later at the Olympics in Moscow, where the same coach of the Yugoslavia national team by the name of Novosel again outplayed, and again in the semifinals, the USSR national team, headed by A.

therefore, in the personal collection of Salnikov, both Olympic medals - bronze. The last ten years of his playing career - A. Pivoshko, A. Meleshkin, V. Arzamaskov by N. Rudnev, he helped to return to the Premier League to this club, which, by coincidence, may not accidentally, then steadily kept in the first ten best clubs in the USSR. In the year, as part of the Ukrainian national team, A.

simultaneously continued to successfully perform as part of the USSR national team. At the “Silver” for the Soviet national team of the World in Manila, the Philippines from the “gold” composition of the World Cup in the national team remained five players. Among them, only Salnikov was not a member of the “golden” Munich Olympiad of newcomers - A. Lopatov and S. The traditional stumbling stone for Soviet basketball players led by their coach A.

Gomelsky became stronger than ever the national team of Yugoslavia, who won the USSR national team, then overturning the Americans, lost “Yugam” in overtime with almost the same score - the Yugoslavs were irresistible by D. Dalipagich 37 points and D. Kichanovich 33 points, who are together with K. Chosich, V.