Sergei Belov
![]() Sergei Belov in the year 2012.
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Born | Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union |
January 23, 1944||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Perm, Russia |
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Nationality | Soviet / Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1966 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1964–1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1964–1967 | Uralmash Sverdlovsk (USSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–1980 | CSKA Moscow (USSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1981–1982 | CSKA Moscow (USSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | CSKA Moscow (USSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1993 | Basket Cassino (Italy) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2004 | Ural Great Perm (Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; January 23, 1944 – October 3, 2013) was a professional basketball player, most noted for playing for the Soviet Union national basketball team at the Olympic Games.[1]
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Biography
Belov was born in the village of Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union.[2] He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society, and later at Armed Forces sports society.[3]
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).[2]
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 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors in 2008.
Belov died on 3 October 2013 in Perm, Russia.[6]
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.
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.
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.
Awards and accomplishments
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Medal "For Distinguished Labour"
- As a player:
- 2 × Euroleague Champion: 1969, 1971
- 11 × USSR League Champion: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
- 3 × Euroleague Final Top Scorer: 1970, 1971, 1973
- 2 × USSR Cup Champion: 1972, 1973
- Summer Olympic Games:
- FIBA World Cup:
- FIBA EuroBasket:
- FIBA's 50 Greatest Players: 1991 (Voted #1)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: 1992
- FIBA Hall of Fame: 2007
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors: 2008
- As a head coach:
- 2 × USSR League Champion: 1982, 1990
- FIBA Order of Merit: (1995)
- 2 × Russian SuperLeague Champion: 2001, 2002
- North European League Champion: 2001
- FIBA World Cup:
- FIBA EuroBasket:
Bronze: 1997
References and notes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bolshaya Rossiyskaya Entsiklopediya Publisher, vol. 3, p. 227.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Sergei Belov FIBA Profile. Fibaeurope.com (1972-09-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
- ↑ FIBA Hall of Fame page on Belov. Halloffame.fiba.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Profile
- FIBA Hall of Fame Profile
- Euroleague.net Article On Belov
- Euroleague.net 50 Greatest Contributors Profile
- FIBA.com Olympic Legends Profile
- Interbasket.net Profile
- Sports-Reference.com Profile
- FIBA.com Profile
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Olympic Games | ||
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Preceded by
Stéphane Préfontaine and Sandra Henderson
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Final Summer Olympic Torchbearer Moscow 1980 |
Succeeded by Rafer Johnson |
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- 1944 births
- 2013 deaths
- Armed Forces sports society athletes
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
- FIBA Hall of Fame inductees
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- PBC CSKA Moscow coaches
- PBC CSKA Moscow players
- People from Shegarsky District
- Russian basketball coaches
- Russian basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Soviet basketball coaches
- Soviet basketball players
- Olympic cauldron lighters