Georg Vinogradov

Georg Vinogradov (18 April 1915 Pavlovsk, Russia – 12 January 2011 Montreal, Canada) was an Estonian basketball player. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[1]

After moving with his family to Estonia, Vinogradov attended schools in Tallinn; he graduated from the Russian Gymnasium in 1933 then enrolled at the University of Tartu in 1935 to study economics. He began playing basketball under coaches Alexei Selenoi and Herbert Niiler. He competed mainly on the Russi and ÜENÜTO teams, and from 1936 until 1939, on the Estonia men's national basketball team. He was a member of the Estonian team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.^[1]

Vinogradov won 5th place at the European Basketball Championship in 1939, won a silver medal and bronze medal in 1937 at the World Student Games, and silver medal in volleyball in 1939. He was a member of the board of the Estonian Handball Association in 1944.^[1]

Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1944 during World war II, Vinogradov fled to Sweden, then later to Canada in 1949 where he permanently settled. He is buried in Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

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