# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vladimir-torban
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:07:55.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vladimir-torban"
name: "Vladimir Torban"
slug: "vladimir-torban"
description: "Vladimir Aleksandrovich Torban was a Soviet basketball player. He trained as a tennis player in the 1940s and only in the 1950s started playing basketball for Dynamo Moscow. Between 1955 and 1959 he was a member of the Soviet team. In 1955, he won a gold medal at the Summer Universiade and a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1955. Next year, he won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He became European champion in 1957 and 1959; in 1959, he also won a national title and competed at the world championship, where he held the highest live scoring rate (57%). However, his team was disqualified for refusing to play against Taiwan."
tagline: "Basketball player (1932–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1932-12-10"
deathDate: "2011-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.78
  momentum:             0.888888888888889
  historical:           11.13686133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Торбан Володимир Олександрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ڤلاديمير توربان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad%C3%ADmir_Torban"
    title: "Vladímir Torban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Torban"
    title: "Vladimir Torban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad%C3%ADmir_Torb%C3%A1n"
    title: "Vladímir Torbán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ولادیمیر تربان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Torban"
    title: "Vladimir Torban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Torban"
    title: "Vladimir Torban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Torban"
    title: "Vladimir Torban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Torban"
    title: "Vladimir Torban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Torban"
    title: "Vladimir Torban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Torban"
    title: "Vladimir Torban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Торбан, Владимир Александрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662039"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump