Sergey Belov

Sergei Belov
Сергей Белов

Sergei 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
As player: FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1969) 3× Euroleague Final Top Scorer (1970, 1972, 1974) FIBA World Cup MVP (1970) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (Voted #1) (1991) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) As coach: 2 × USSR League champion (1982, 1990) FIBA Order of Merit (1995) North European champion (2001) 2× Russian champion (2001, 2002)
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Medals Representing  Soviet Union Men's Basketball Summer Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City National Team 1972 Munich National Team 1976 Montreal National Team 1980 Moscow National Team FIBA World Cup 1967 Montevideo National Team 1970 Yugoslavia National Team 1974 Puerto Rico National Team 1978 Philippines National Team FIBA EuroBasket 1967 Finland National Team 1969 Italy National Team 1971 West Germany National Team 1973 Spain National Team 1975 Yugoslavia National Team 1977 Belgium National Team 1979 Italy National Team

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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).