Icelandic basketball player and coach
Alexander Pavlovich Ermolinskij (Russian: Александр Павлович Ермолинский; born November 11, 1959) is an Ukraninan-Icelandic basketball coach and a former basketball player. He was an assistant coach for Nadezhda Orenburg from 2010 to 2021.[1] He played for both the Soviet Union national basketball team and Icelandic national basketball team.
Early life
Ermolinskij was born in Vologda in the Soviet Union.[2]
Playing career
After playing for Honvéd for two seasons, where he won the Hungarian Cup in 1991, Ermolinskij joined Skallagrímur of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla in 1992.[3]
Ermolinskij joined Grindavík in 1999 and helped the club win the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2000.[4]
National team career
Early in his career, Ermolinskij played for the Soviet Union national basketball team.[5] In 1997 he received an Icelandic citizenship[3] and subsequently he was selected for the Icelandic national team that won bronze in the 1997 Games of the Small States of Europe. In total Ermolinskij played 6 games for Iceland.[6]
Personal life
Ermolinskij's younger son, Pavel Ermolinskij, plays for KR, in the Úrvalsdeild karla, and is a member of the Icelandic national basketball team.[7] His older son, Andrei,[2] played two games in the Úrvalsdeild karla for Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA during the 1998–1999 season.[8]
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