Nikolai Lvovich Baglei (Russian: Николай Львович Баглей; Ukrainian: Микола Львович Баглей; 25 February 1937 – 3 March 1991) was a Ukrainian basketball player. Playing for the Soviet team he won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics,[1] as well as gold medals at EuroBasket 1965 and Summer Universiades of 1959 and 1961. Since his death in 1991, an annual international basketball tournament is carried out in Kyiv in his honor.[2]

Nikolai Bagley
Personal information
Born25 February 1937
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died3 March 1991 (aged 54)
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
SportBasketball
ClubBC Budivelnyk, Kyiv
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1965 Moscow Team

References

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  1. ^ Mykola Bahlei. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Николай Баглей Archived 2014-04-21 at the Wayback Machine. diduguns.com