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Sergei Belov

Sergei Belov
Сергей Белов
Sergei Belov 2012.jpg
Belov in 2012
Personal information
Born (1944-01-23)January 23, 1944
Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died October 3, 2013(2013-10-03) (aged 69)
Perm, Russia
Nationality Soviet / Russian
Listed height 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1966 / Undrafted
Playing career 1964–1980
Position Shooting guard
Career history
As player:
1964–1967 Uralmash Sverdlovsk (USSR)
1968–1980 CSKA Moscow (USSR)
As coach:
1981–1982 CSKA Moscow (USSR)
1988–1990 CSKA Moscow (USSR)
1990–1993 Basket Cassino (Italy)
1999–2004 Ural Great Perm (Russia)
Career highlights and awards

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Basketball Hall of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player

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Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; January 23, 1944 – October 3, 2013) was a professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be one of the best European basketball players of all time, and was given the honor of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow.

In 1991, Belov was named by FIBA as the Best FIBA Player ever. He became the first international player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 11, 1992. He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 and was named one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors in 2008.

Belov was born in the village of Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society, and later at Armed Forces sports society. In 1968, he became an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. He became an Honored Coach of Russia in 1995, and served as President of the Russian Basketball Federation (1993–98).


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