Aleksejs Anufrijevs Explained

Aleksejs Anufrijevs
Position:Forward
Birth Date:15 January 1912
Birth Place:Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Death Date:April 1945
Death Place:Courland Pocket, Latvian SSR
Nationality:Russian
Career Start:1929
Career End:early 1940s
Team1:Riga Starts

Aleksejs Anufrijevs (Russian: Алексей Никитич Ануфриев; 15 January 1912 – April 1945) was a Latvian basketball player of Russian origin. Anufrijevs won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion. He also participated (as a substitute) at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1937 EuroBasket.[1]

Background

Anufrijevs was born in Riga and all his playing career played for two Riga basketball clubs. He played for team LVKA (1929–1934) and later for Riga Starts (1935–1939). He became Latvian champion with both teams (1933 and 1938). In 1936 he was awarded as the season's best player for Riga Starts team. During Nazi occupation of Latvia Anufrijevs briefly returned into the rooster of Starts team during season of 1942–43.

Overall Anufrijevs played 15 games for the Latvian national basketball team. When soviets occupied Latvia for the second time in autumn 1944 Anufrijevs was conscripted by Soviet Red Army. He saw action in Courland Pocket and went missing in April 1945.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympic Basketball Tournament 1936 (National Squads) . www.linguasport.com . 4 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Ануфриев Алексей Никитич, красноармеец : Информация из документов, уточняющих потери :: ОБД Мемориал . obd-memorial.ru . 4 June 2020 . ru.