Aleksejs Anufrijevs

Aleksejs Anufrijevs (Russian: Алексей Никитич Ануфриев; 15 January 1912 – April 1945) was a Latvian basketball player of Russian origin. Anufrijevs won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion. He also participated (as a substitute) at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1937 EuroBasket.[1]

Aleksejs Anufrijevs

Personal information
Born	15 January 1912 Riga, Russian Empire
Died	April 1945 Courland Pocket, Latvian SSR
Nationality	Russian
Career information
Playing career	1929–early 1940s
Position	Forward
Career history
Riga Starts
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Latvia EuroBasket 1935 Switzerland National Team

Anufrijevs was born ir Riga and all his playing career played for two Riga basketball clubs. He played for team LVKA (1929 - 1934) and later for Riga Starts (1935 - 1939). He became Latvian champion with both teams (1933 and 1938). In 1936 he was awarded as the season's best player for Riga Starts team. During Nazi occupation of Latvia Anufrijevs briefly returned into the rooster of Starts team during season of 1942-43.

Overall Anufrijevs played 15 games for the Latvian national basketball team. When soviets occupied Latvia for the second time in autumn 1944 Anufrijevs was conscripted by Soviet Red Army. He saw action in Courland Pocket and went missing in April 1945.[2]

References

1. "Olympic Basketball Tournament 1936 (National Squads)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
2. "Ануфриев Алексей Никитич, красноармеец : Информация из документов, уточняющих потери :: ОБД Мемориал". obd-memorial.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 4 June 2020.