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Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union

  • Lev YashinLev Yashin was born on the 22nd of October 1929 in Moscow. He grew up in a Russian family of industrial workers during a time when World War II forced him to…
  • Arvydas SabonisArvydas Romas Sabonis was born on the 19th of December 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He began playing basketball at age 13 while living under Soviet rule.
  • Šarūnas MarčiulionisRaimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis was born on the 13th of June 1964 in Lithuania. His mother Laimutė worked as a geography teacher while his father Juozas…