Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Born |
Angren, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
19 August 1964 ||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1986 / Round: 7 / Pick: 157th overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1985–2000 | ||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||
Medals
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Valeri Tikhonenko (Russian: Валерий Алексеевич Тихоненко; born 19 August 1964) is a retired Soviet and Russian basketball player. He played as a forward. Tikhonenko won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, as well as several medals at the World Championships and European Championships.