Sergei Belov

Soviet professional basketball player (1944-2013)

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Born: 1944-01-23
Died: 2013-10-03
Works: 4

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Mamuli͡a
Идолы
Vkus zhizni
"I︠A︡ vechnyĭ mistik i poėt--"

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Acting · Nashchyokovo, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Sergey Belov was a Soviet basketball player and coach, 1972 Olympic champion in Munich, two-time world champion (1967, 1974), and one of the most famous players in Soviet and European basketball of the 20th century.

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Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
O Sport, You Are Peace! — Self - Lights the Olympic Cup1981

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Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be one of the best European basketball players of all time, and was given the honour of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow.

In 1991, Belov was named by FIBA as the Best FIBA Player ever. He became the first international player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on 11 May 1992. Belov was named to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team in 2007. He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 and was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball.