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Sergey TARAKANOV (Russia)
Born on April 25, 1958, in Lodeinoye Pole.
Height:
201cm (6'7")
Position:
Power Forward
Nationality:
Russia
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Enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame on June 18, 2021.

Clubs

  • Spartak of Leningrad (1975 - 1979)
  • CSKA Moscow (1979 - 1990)
  • EnBW Ludwigsburg (1990 - 1991)
  • Liege Basket (1991 - 1992)

Club Highlights

  • Two-time Soviet Cup winner (1978, 1982)
  • Seven-time Soviet League champion (1980-1984, 1988, 1990)

National Team

  • European Championship for Junior men silver medalist (1976)
  • Intercontinental Cup (1979)
  • Three-time EuroBasket gold medalist (1979, 1981, 1985)
  • Olympic Games bronze medalist (1980)
  • World Championship gold medalist (1982)
  • EuroBasket bronze medalist (1983)
  • International Tournament champion “Drujba” (1984)
  • World Championship silver medalist (1986)
  • EuroBasket silver medalist (1987)
  • Olympic Games gold medalist (1988)

Individual Highlights

  • Member of the Soviet Union National team from 1979 to 1990
  • CSKA captain from 1985 to 1990
  • Played 86 games in European Clubs Competitions with Soviet clubs.
  • Played 404 games with the Soviet Union National team
  • Played more than 100 official games with the Soviet Union National team
  • Scored 1324 points in European Clubs Competitions
  • Honored master of sports in USSR (1982)
  • Medal “For Distinguished Labour” (1982)
  • Order of Friendship of Peoples (1988)
  • Russian Order of Honour (2006)