Lidia Alexeyeva

Lidia Alexeyeva

Lidia Vladimirovna Alexeyeva (Cyrillic: "Лидия Владимировна Алексеева") (born July 4, 1924 in Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)) is a Russian basketball coach. As a player, she won the USSR women's league with MAI Moscow team in 1947, 1951, 1954, 1955 and 1956 and the USSR Cup in 1952. Playing for the USSR National Team, she won the European Championship in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956. She coached the USSR Women's National Team for 22 years (from 1962 to 1984), during that time the team won every competition they participated in. Specifically, they won Olympic Games Gold in 1976 and 1980, World Championship in 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975 and 1983 (USSR boycotted the 1979 tournament), European Championship in 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1983. She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.

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