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Sergei Belov
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Sergei Belov

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Helping the Soviet Union win Olympic and world basketball titles.

European club titles · Olympic gold

Born
23 January 1944
Birthplace
Nashchyokovo, Tomsk region
Died
3 October 2013

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Sergei Belov

Sergei Belov was a Soviet basketball guard who starred for CSKA Moscow and later coached the Russian national team.

Early life

Origins

Was born in Nashchyokovo in Siberia’s Tomsk region.

Career

  1. 1964

    League debut

    Began playing for Uralmash Sverdlovsk.

  2. 1967

    CSKA Moscow

    Joined the club that dominated Soviet basketball.

  3. 1990s

    Coaching

    Led Russia to world championship silver in 1994 and 1998.

Achievements

European club titles

Won Europe’s leading club competition with CSKA.

Olympic gold

Scored twenty points in the disputed 51–50 final victory over the United States.

Beyond sport

Olympic ceremony

Lit the cauldron at the opening of the 1980 Moscow Games.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Sergeev Pavel. CC0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.