# Sol Tolchinsky

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**Solly Tolchinsky** (2 January 1929 – 1 December 2020) was a Canadian [basketball](/source/Basketball) player who competed in the [1948 Summer Olympics](/source/1948_Summer_Olympics).[1] Born in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which finished ninth in the [Olympic tournament](/source/Basketball_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics). His brother was [Jewish](/source/Jewish) comedy writer [Mel Tolkin](/source/Mel_Tolkin).

Tochinsky died from complications of [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19) in Montreal, on 1 December 2020, at the age of 91, during the [COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Montreal).[2] He was the son of Nessie Cartman and Mendel "Max" Tolchinsky, a labourer and door-to-door salesman.[3]

## References

1. ["Sol Tolchinsky Olympic Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/sol-tolchinsky-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/sol-tolchinsky-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

1. ["Sol Tolchinsky obituary"](https://montrealgazette.remembering.ca/obituary/sol-tolchinsky-1081061321). *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*. Retrieved December 5, 2020.

1. ["Jewish basketball star Sol Tolchinsky represented Canada at 1948 Olympics"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/article-jewish-basketball-star-sol-tolchinsky-represented-canada-at-1948/)

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