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Estonian basketball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heino Kruus (30 September 1926 in Tallinn – 24 June 2012) was an Estonian basketball player (186 cm) who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] He trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn[2]
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![]() | 1952 Helsinki | Team competition |
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![]() | 1951 France | USSR |
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He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played in all eight matches.[3] Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2010. [4]
Started playing basketball in 1945 as a member of Kalev Tallinn. With the team of the Kalev Tallinn he won a bronze medal (1945), with the team of the University of Tartu he won a gold medal (1949) and a silver medal (1950) of Soviet Union League Championship.
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