1. Andrew Mitchell Vlahov was born on 1 April 1969 and is an Australian retired professional basketball player.
13 Facts About Andrew Vlahov
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Andrew Vlahov played his entire eleven-year professional career for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League, with whom he won three championships in 1991,1995 and 2000.
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Andrew Vlahov's mother had arrived in Australia as a post-war refugee from Latvia, while his father was the son of Croatian immigrants.
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Andrew Vlahov initially attended Kent Street Senior High School in south Perth, but unfortunately Kent Street Senior did not have a basketball team, but he played in his local junior team the Perth Redbacks where he would meet long time friend and future Australian Boomers teammate Luc Longley.
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Andrew Vlahov first came to the US as an exchange student in junior high school, and later returned for his final year of high school, enrolling at South Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon, while his father worked at the University of Oregon.
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Andrew Vlahov attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1987.
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Andrew Vlahov attended college at Stanford University in the US from 1987 to 1991 and was coached by Mike Montgomery.
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Andrew Vlahov was a key member of Stanford's 1991 National Invitational Tournament championship winning team, scoring 14 points and 11 rebounds in the championship game against Oklahoma.
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Andrew Vlahov replaced Mike Ellis as the captain of the club in 1993 after only two seasons in the NBL and remained so until his retirement.
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Andrew Vlahov was a four-time Olympian playing with the Boomers at the 1988,1992,1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.
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Andrew Vlahov now leads RV Sport, a premium sports and event marketing company.
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Andrew Vlahov appeared in a television commercial for "King Size Big and Tall", an Australian clothing company that specialises in clothing for big men.
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On 4 February 2013, Andrew Vlahov was named in the Perth Wildcats 30th Anniversary All-Star team.