Ruperto Herrera Tabio

{{Short description|Cuban basketball player (born 1949)}}

{{family name hatnote|Herrera|Tabio|lang=Spanish}}

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| name = Ruperto Herrera

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6.75

| weight_lb = 210

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|12|6}}

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

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| draft_year = 1971

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| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| career_number = 5

| years1 = {{0}}

| team1 = Capitalinos

| years2 = 1964–1982

| team2 = Industriales

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| team3 = Habana

| highlights =

• Olympic Order (2019)
• FIBA Order of Merit (1999)
• 9× Cuban League champion (1964–1969, 1971, 1973, 1975)

| FIBA_HOF_player = Ruperto-HERRERA-TABIO

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{{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{bk|CUB}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1972 Munich | }}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1971 Colombia | }}

{{MedalCompetition|CentroBasket}}

{{MedalBronze| 1965 Mexico | }}

{{MedalSilver| 1967 El Salvador | }}

{{MedalSilver| 1969 Cuba | }}

{{MedalGold| 1971 Venezuela | }}

{{MedalBronze| 1975 Dominican Republic | }}

{{MedalBronze| 1981 Puerto Rico | }}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalBronze| 1970 Italy | }}

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Ruperto Nicolás Herrera Tabio (born December 6, 1949, in Havana) is a former basketball player from Cuba. At a height of 2.00 m (6'6 {{3/4}}") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He received the FIBA Order of Merit in 1999, and he became a FIBA Hall of Fame player, in 2015.[http://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Ruperto-HERRERA-TABIO HALL OF FAMERS Ruperto HERRERA TABIO (Cuba).] He was awarded with the Olympic Order, in 2019.[https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba/899108/olympic-order-given-to-patrick-baumann-posthumously/ Olympic Order given to Patrick Baumann posthumously.]