Ivan Edeshko

{{short description|Belarusian retired basketball player and coach}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ivan Edeshko

| image = Ivan Yedeshko, May 2017.jpg

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| caption = Edeshko in 2017

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 200

| career_number = 9

| career_position = Point guard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|3|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = {{ill|Stsiatski, Grodno District|lt=Stsiatski|be|Сцяцкі (Гродзенскі раён)}} Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union

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| nationality = Soviet and Belarusian

| draft_year = 1967

| career_start = 1963

| career_end = 1981

| years1 = 1963–1970

| team1 = Spartak Minsk

| years2 = 1971–1977

| team2 = CSKA Moscow

| years3 = 1977–1979

| team3 = SKA Kyiv

| years4 = 1979–1980

| team4 = CSKA Moscow

| years5 = 1980–1981

| team5 = SKA Kyiv

| cyears1 = 1982–1987

| cteam1 = Soviet Union (assistant)

| cyears2 = 1990–1992

| cteam2 = CSKA Moscow

| highlights =

As player:

EuroLeague champion (1971)
2× FIBA European Selection (1972, 1973)
8× USSR League champion (1971–1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980)
2× USSR Cup winner (1972, 1973)
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1972)
Order of the Badge of Honor USSR (1972)
Medal For Labor Valor USSR (1982)
Order of Honor Russia (2006)

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Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko ({{langx|be|Іван Іванавіч Ядэшка|translit=Ivan Ivanavich Yadeshka}}; {{langx|ru|Иван Иванович Едешко}}; born 25 March 1945{{Cite web |url=http://www.noc.by/bsog/htdocs/40/ |title=Профиль на сайте НОК Белоруссии |trans-title=Profile on the website of the NOC of Belarus |website=NOC.by |language=ru |access-date=20 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215101141/http://www.noc.by/bsog/htdocs/40/ |archive-date=15 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}) is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player and coach.

Club career

During his club career, Edeshko trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in Moscow. He spent most of his career with CSKA Moscow.

National team career

Edeshko won a gold medal with the senior Soviet national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Ivan Yedeshko |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ye/ivan-yedeshko-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204052329/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ye/ivan-yedeshko-1.html |archive-date=4 December 2016}} In the gold medal game against the American national team, Edeshko's full-court length inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left on the game clock. The game's final score was 51–50.{{cite web |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?34150 |title=ЗАЛОЖНИК ТРЕХ СЕКУНД |trans-title=HOSTAGE OF THREE SECONDS |website=sport-express.ru |language=ru |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130417201142/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?34150 |archive-date=17 April 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/299004 |title=Олимпийский чемпион 1972 года по баскетболу Иван Едешко: Водка с икрой — за победу над США |trans-title=1972 Olympic Basketball Champion Ivan Edeshko: Vodka with Caviar for Victory over the USA |website=sovsport.ru |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108063405/http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/299004 |archive-date=8 November 2009}}

References

External links

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{{Olympedia|name=Ivan Yedeshko}}
{{NOC Belarus|edeshko-ivan-ivanovich-basketbol|Ivan Yedeshko}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20041020034215/http://noc.by/olimp_show.php?sportmen=74 Biography] (archived) {{in lang|ru}}
[http://www.cskalogia.ru/111/ CSKAlogia.com profile] {{in lang|ru}}