Aleksandr Kabanov

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov (Russian: Александр Серге́евич Кабанов, 14 June 1948 – 30 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian water polo player and head coach of the Russian water polo team. He is one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches.^[1][2]

Aleksandr Kabanov

Personal information
Born	(1948-06-14)14 June 1948 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	30 June 2020(2020-06-30) (aged 72)
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team competition 1980 Moscow Team competition World Championships 1975 Cali Team competition 1982 Guayaquil Team competition 1973 Belgrade Team competition Summer Universiade 1970 Turin Team 1973 Moscow Team European Championships 1983 Rome Team competition 1981 Split Team competition
Updated on 11 August 2023

Kabanov died on 30 June 2020, aged 72.^[3]

Achievements

• Gold in the 1972 Munich Olympics
• Gold in the Water Polo World Championship in Cali 1975
• Gold in the 1980 Moscow Olympics
• Gold in the 1981 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
• Silver in the European water polo championship Split 1981
• Gold in the 1982 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
• Gold in the 1983 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

In 1972 Kabanov was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR. He graduated from Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport in 1984.^[4]

Books

• Kabanov, Aleksandr (1988). Мяч на воде [The ball on the water] (in Russian). Fizkultura i sport.

See also

• Russia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame