Russell Basser

Russell Basser
Personal information
Born	March 20, 1960 (age 64); Melbourne, Australia
Sport
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]

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.