Gennadi Volnov

Who was Gennadi Volnov?

Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow.

Volnov won the gold medal playing for the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He won two silver medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Volnov also won a gold medal at Mundobasket 1967, a bronze medal at Mundobasket 1963 and six Eurobasket gold medals.

He played for Moscow Burevestnik from 1956 to 1958. He spent most of his career playing CSKA Moscow winning 10 Soviet championships and 3 Euroleague Championships.