Sergei Tarakanov

Sergei Tarakanov
Tarakanov in 2018
Personal information
Born (1958-04-25) 25 April 1958 (age 66)
Lodeynoye Pole, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1980: undrafted
Playing career1975–1992
PositionSmall forward / power forward
Number6
Career history
1975–1979Spartak Leningrad
1979–1990CSKA Moscow
1990–1991BSG Ludwigsburg
1991–1992Liège Basket
Career highlights and awards
FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Colombia
Silver medal – second place 1986 Spain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Italy
Gold medal – first place 1981 Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal – third place 1983 France
Gold medal – first place 1985 West Germany
Silver medal – second place 1987 Greece
European U-18 Championships
Silver medal – second place 1976 Spain Team

Sergei Nikolayevich Tarakanov (alternative spellings: Serguei, Sergey) (Russian: Серге́й Николаевич Тараканов; born 25 April 1958 in Lodeynoye Pole, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian retired professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was a 2.03 m (6'8") tall small forward-power forward.

Club career

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Tarakanov played at the club level with Spartak Leningrad (1975–1979), CSKA Moscow (1979–1990, winning 7 times the Soviet Basketball League championship), the German club Ludwisburg Stuttgart (1990–1991), and the Belgian club Liège Basket (1991–1992).

National team career

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Tarakanov was a member of the senior Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990. As a player of the Soviet national team, Tarakanov won: 3 gold medals at FIBA EuroBasket (1979, 1981, and 1985), the silver medal at EuroBasket 1987, the bronze medal at EuroBasket 1983, the gold medal at the 1982 FIBA World Championship, the silver medal at the 1986 FIBA World Championship, the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, and the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.[1]

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