Soviet professional basketball player (1944–2013)
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (Russian :Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в ; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professionalbasketball player, most noted for playing forCSKA Moscow and the seniorSoviet Union national basketball team .[ 1] Olympic Cauldron with theOlympic flame during the1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony , inMoscow .
In 1991, Belov was named byFIBA as theBest 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 theFIBA 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 theRussian Basketball Federation (1993–98).[ 5]
Belov lighting theOlympic Cauldron during the22nd Olympics opening ceremony inMoscow , 1980 At the age of twenty, Belov made his debut in theUSSR League , with the team ofUralmash Sverdlovsk , where he played from 1964 to 1967. He then played withCSKA 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), theUSSR Cup twice (1972, 1973), and theEuroLeague twice, in 1969 and 1971.
As a member of the seniorSoviet Union national basketball team , for nearly fourteen years (1967–1980), Belov helped them win aSummer Olympic Games gold medal in1972 , and three bronze medals in1968 ,1976 , and1980 . He also helped them to become theFIBA World Cup champions in1967 and1974 , and theEuroBasket champions in1967 ,1969 ,1971 , and1979 . He also won theSummer Universiade , in1970 , as well.
Inthe gold medal game of the1972 Summer Olympics , Belov scored 20 points against theUnited States national basketball team , as the Soviet Unioncontroversially defeated the USA, by a score of 51–50, to win the gold.
Belov was thehead coach ofCSKA Moscow , with whom he won theUSSR League championship in 1982 and 1990. He was also the head coach ofUral Great Perm . With Ural Great Perm, he won theRussian Championship title in both 2001 and 2002, theRussian Cup in 2004, and theNorth European League championship in 2001.
As the head coach of the senior men'sRussian national basketball team , he won silver medals at both the1994 FIBA World Championship and the1998 FIBA World Championship , and the bronze medal at theEuroBasket 1997 . He was also Russia's head coach at theEuroBasket 1995 and theEuroBasket 1999 .
Belov died on 3 October 2013, inPerm , Russia.[ 6]
Asteroid296638 Sergeibelov , discovered byTimur Kryachko in 2009, was named in his memory.[ 7] naming citation was published by theMinor 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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