Alexander Ermolinskij

Alexander Ermolinskij
Personal information
Born (1959-11-11) November 11, 1959 (age 65)
Vologda, Soviet Union
NationalityIcelandic / Ukrainian
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
PositionCenter
Number9
Career history
As player:
1983-1985CSKA Moscow
1990-1992Honvéd
1992-1996Skallagrímur
1996-1999Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA
1999-2000Grindavík
2000-2002Skallagrímur
2002-2003Selfoss/Laugdælir
2003-2005Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA
As coach:
1996-1999Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA
1999-2000Grindavík
2000-2002Skallagrímur
2002-2003Selfoss/Laugdælir
2003-2005Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA
2006-2009Chevakata Vologda (assistant)
2009-2010Chevakata Vologda
2010-2021Nadezhda Orenburg (assistant)
2022-2023Vologzhanka Vologda (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Reykjavík National Team

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]

References

  1. ^ "Alexander Pavlovich Ermolinskiy". orenbasket.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Skúli Unnar Sveinsson (14 March 1995). "Leist ekkert á liðið í upphafi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b Benedikt Guðmundsson (18 January 2001). "Einstakur". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Efrmolinskij - lokaði Grindavíkurteignum og skoraði 4 síðustu stigin". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 7 February 2000. p. 22. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Один из лучших баскетболистов СССР поделился секретом успеха с вологодскими "Бульдогами"". 35media.ru (in Russian). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  6. ^ A-landslið karla
  7. ^ Pavel lánaður til KR
  8. ^ "Andrei Ermolinskii: Ferillinn í úrvalsdeild". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2017.