Sergei Tarakanov

Sergei Tarakanov
Personal information
Born	25 April 1958 (age 66); Lodeynoye Pole, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1980: undrafted
Playing career	1975–1992
Position	Small forward / Power forward
Career history
1975–1979	Spartak Leningrad
1979–1990	CSKA Moscow
1990–1991	BSG Ludwigsburg
1991–1992	Liège Basket
Career highlights and awards
	7× Soviet League champion (1980–1984, 1988, 1990); 2× Soviet Cup winner (1978, 1982); Master of Sports of the USSR, international class (1981); Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1981); Order of Friendship of Peoples (1988); Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (1988); Order of Honour (Russia) (2006);
Representing the Soviet Union
Summer Olympic Games
FIBA World Cup
FIBA EuroBasket

Sergei Nikolayevich Tarakanov (alternate spellings: Serguei, Sergey) (Russian: Серге́й Николаевич Тараканов; born April 25, 1958 in Lodeynoye Pole, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian retired professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was a 2.03 m (6'8") tall small forward-power forward.

Club career

Tarakanov played at the club level with Spartak Leningrad (1975–1979), CSKA Moscow (1979–1990, winning 7 times the Soviet Basketball League championship), the German club Ludwisburg Stuttgart (1990–1991), and the Belgian club Liège Basket (1991–1992).

Tarakanov was a member of the senior Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990. As a player of the Soviet national team, Tarakanov won: 3 gold medals at FIBA EuroBasket (EuroBasket 1979, EuroBasket 1981, and EuroBasket 1985), the silver medal at EuroBasket 1987, the bronze medal at EuroBasket 1983, the gold medal at the 1982 FIBA World Championship, the silver medal at the 1986 FIBA World Championship, the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, and the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.^[1]

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