Soviet professional basketball player (1944–2013)
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (Russian : Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в ; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team .[ 1] 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 .[ 2] Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on 11 May 1992.[ 3] FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team in 2007. He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007[ 4] 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball.
Belov was born in the village of Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District , Tomsk Oblast , Soviet Union .[ 5] Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR . He became an Honoured Coach of Russia in 1995, and served as President of the Russian Basketball Federation (1993–98).[ 5]
Belov lighting the Olympic Cauldron during the 22nd Olympics opening ceremony in Moscow , 1980 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.
As a member of the senior Soviet Union national basketball team , for nearly fourteen years (1967–1980), Belov helped them win a Summer Olympic Games gold medal in 1972 , and three bronze medals in 1968 , 1976 , and 1980 . He also helped them to become the FIBA World Cup champions in 1967 and 1974 , and the EuroBasket champions in 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , and 1979 . He also won the Summer Universiade , in 1970 , as well.
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 controversially defeated the USA, by a score of 51–50, to win the gold.
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 Championship title in both 2001 and 2002, the Russian Cup in 2004, 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 . He was also Russia's head coach at the EuroBasket 1995 and the EuroBasket 1999 .
Belov died on 3 October 2013, in Perm , Russia.[ 6]
Asteroid 296638 Sergeibelov , discovered by Timur Kryachko in 2009, was named in his memory.[ 7] naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 16 March 2014 (M.P.C. 87546[ 8]
Awards and accomplishments [ edit ] As a player:
2 × EuroLeague Champion: 1969, 1971
3 × EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer : 1970, 1971, 1973
11 × USSR League Champion: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
2 × USSR Cup Winner: 1972, 1973
Summer Universiade :
Summer Olympic Games :
FIBA World Cup :
FIBA EuroBasket :
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR Order of the Badge of Honour Medal "For Distinguished Labour" FIBA's 50 Greatest Players : 1991 (Voted #1 )Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame : 1992FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team : 2007FIBA Hall of Fame : 200750 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors : 2008101 Greats of European Basketball: 2018 As a head coach:
References and notes [ edit ] Sergei Belov at Wikimedia Commons
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Gold: 1970
Bronze: 1997
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