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Armenak Alachachian

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Armenak Alachachian
Personal information
Born(1930-12-25)25 December 1930
Alexandria, Egypt
Died4 December 2017(2017-12-04) (aged 87)
Toronto, Canada
NationalitySoviet / Russian / Armenian
Listed height5 ft 9.25 in (1.76 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
Playing career1948–1966
PositionPoint guard
Number6
Coaching career1966–1970
Career history
As player:
1948–1954SKIF Yerevan
1955–1957Burevestnik Almaty
1958–1966CSKA Moscow
As coach:
1966–1968CSKA Moscow (assistant)
1968–1970CSKA Moscow
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Soviet Union
Summer Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place Tokyo 1964
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place USSR 1953
Gold medal – first place Yugoslavia 1961
Gold medal – first place Poland 1963
Gold medal – first place USSR 1965

Armenak Misakovich Alachachian (alternate spellings: Alachachyan, Alatchatchan, Alajajian) (Armenian: Արմենակ Միսակի Ալաջաջյան, December 25, 1930 – December 4, 2017) was an Armenian-Soviet basketball player and coach. During his club playing career, the point guard reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the senior men's Soviet Union national team. He was the first person to ever win a EuroLeague title, as both a player and a head coach.

Club career

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Whie he was the team captain, Alachachian helped CSKA Moscow win its first EuroLeague championship in 1961. He added a second EuroLeague championship with CSKA in 1963, and he reached another EuroLerague Final in 1965, before retiring.

National team career

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As a player of the senior men's Soviet national team, Alachachian won four gold medals at the FIBA EuroBasket. As he won the 1953 EuroBasket, the 1961 EuroBasket, the 1963 EuroBasket, and the 1965 EuroBasket. He also won a Summer Olympic Games silver medal, which he won at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Coaching career

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Aleksandar Gomelsky, who was at the time CSKA Moscow's sports director, assigned Alachachian to the club's head coach position in 1968. Alachachian would go on to lead the team to the Euroleague championship in 1969. Alachachian thus became the first person to win the title as both a player and a head coach.

2014 Yerevan Youth International Basketball tournament in honor of Armenak Alachachyan

See also

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References

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  • FIBA Profile "Armenak Alachachian"
  • FIBA Profile "Armenak Alatchatchan"
  • Fibaeurope.com Profile
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Armenak Alachachian". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  • Euroleague.net - Player nominees for Euroleague's 50 Greatest Contributors
  • Armenak Alachachian's obituary