Valeri Tikhonenko
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| Born | 19 August 1964 Angren, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1986: 7th round, 157th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1985–2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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Valeri Tikhonenko (Template:Lang-ru; 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,[1] as well as several medals at the World Championships and European Championships.
References
- ^ "Valery Tikhonenko Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
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Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Russian basketball players
- Soviet basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
- Olympic basketball players of the Unified Team
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Forwards (basketball)
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Atlanta Hawks draft picks