Russell Basser
Australian water polo player
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| Born | (1960-03-20) March 20, 1960 (age 64) Melbourne, Australia |
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| Sport | Water polo |
Russell Basser (born 20 March 1960) is an Australian former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
He is Jewish, and played in the Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 1980s.[2] In 1985 he was named the Australian Jewish Sportsman of the Year.[3] He was a torchbearer in Australia for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[4]
Basser went to Caulfield Grammar from 1972-77.[5] He graduated from the University of Melbourne in Medicine, trained as an oncologist and worked in academic medicine at Royal Melbourne Hospital and Western Hospitals.[5] He later joined biopharmaceutical company CSL Limited, where he was in charge of clinical trials and later was in charge of vaccine research and Development.[5] He retired in 2022.[5]
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References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Russell Basser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ Shane Desiatnik (February 10, 2021). "Callout for Maccabiah water polo players," Australian Jewish News.
- ^ "The Sports Scene," Jewish Post.
- ^ "Basser, Russell," Jews in Sports.
- ^ a b c d "Russell Basser," caulfieldgrammarians.
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