Former Ukrainian national team basketball player Nikolai Khryaba died at the age of 45, according to the “Saratov Avtodor” channel on the Telegram platform, and the cause of death was not determined.
From 1998 to 2001, Khryaba played for the Ukrainian teams Odessa, Kiev, Podivelnyk, Russian Avtodor, Ural Great and Unix.
FIBA Champions Cup holder Khariyaba dies at the age of 45
In 2004, he won the FIBA Challenge Cup with the Yonex club from the Russian city of Kazan.
Khryaba retired from basketball in 2007.
Nikolai Khryaba is the brother of 2007 European champion Viktor Khryaba of the Russian national team. The brothers were born in Kiev, but eventually played for different national teams.