Sergei Belov

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Sergei Belov
Сергей Белов

Sergei Belov in the year 2012.
Shooting Guard
Personal information
Born January 23, 1944 (1944-01-23) (age 68)
Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union
Nationality Soviet / Russian
Listed height 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Pro career 1964–1980
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)
1991-1993 Basket Cassino (Italy)
1999-2004 Ural Great Perm (Russia)
Career highlights and awards

As player:

As coach:
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Medal record
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Belov lighting the Olympic Cauldron during the 22nd Olympics opening ceremony in Moscow, 1980
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympic Games
Bronze 1968 Mexico City National Team
Gold 1972 Munich National Team
Bronze 1976 Montreal National Team
Bronze 1980 Moscow National Team
FIBA World Cup
Gold 1967 Montevideo National Team
Bronze 1970 Yugoslavia National Team
Gold 1974 Puerto Rico National Team
Silver 1978 Philippines National Team
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold 1967 Finland National Team
Gold 1969 Italy National Team
Gold 1971 West Germany National Team
Bronze 1973 Spain National Team
Silver 1975 Yugoslavia National Team
Silver 1977 Belgium National Team
Gold 1979 Italy National Team

Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; born January 23, 1944, in the village of Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union[1]) is a former professional basketball player, most noted for playing for the Soviet Union national basketball team at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society, and later at Armed Forces sports society.[2]

In 1968, he became an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Later, he became an Honored Coach of Russia (1995), and the President of the Russian Basketball Federation (1993–98).[3]

Belov is considered to be one of the best non-American basketball players of all time. He was given the honor of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame, during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow. In 1991, FIBA named him the Best FIBA Player Ever.[4]

He became the first international player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 11, 1992. He was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.[5] He was named of the Euroleague's 35 Greatest Players in 2008.

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[edit] Club playing career

At the age of twenty, Belov made his debut in the USSR League, with the team of Uralmash Sverdlovsk, where he played from 1964 to 1967. He then played with CSKA Moscow for twelve years. With CSKA, he won the USSR League championship eleven times (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980), the USSR Cup twice (1972, 1973), and the Euroleague twice, in 1969 and 1971.

[edit] International playing career

As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team for fourteen years (1967–1980), Belov helped them win a gold medal (1972), and three bronze medals (1968, 1976, 1980) at the Olympic Games. He also helped them to become the FIBA World champions in 1967 and 1974, and the FIBA European champions in 1967, 1969, 1971, and 1979.

In the gold medal game of the 1972 Summer Olympics, Belov scored 20 points against the United States national basketball team, as the Soviet Union defeated the USA, by a score of 51-50, to win the gold.

[edit] Coaching career

Belov was the head coach of CSKA Moscow, with whom he won the USSR League championship in 1982 and 1990. He was also the head coach of Ural Great Perm. With Ural Great Perm, he won the Russian SuperLeague championship in both 2001 and 2002, and the North European League championship in 2001.

As the head coach of the senior men's Russian national basketball team, he won silver medals at both the 1994 FIBA World Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1997.

[edit] Club teams

[edit] Awards and accomplishments

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bolshaya Rossiyskaya Entsiklopediya Publisher, vol. 3, p. 227.
  2. ^ Boris Khavin (1979) (in Russian). All about Olympic Games. (2nd ed. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 532. 
  3. ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bolshaya Rossiyskaya Entsiklopediya Publisher, vol. 3, p. 227.
  4. ^ Sergei Belov FIBA Profile. Fibaeurope.com (1972-09-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
  5. ^ FIBA Hall of Fame page on Belov. Halloffame.fiba.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.

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