Sergei Tarakanov

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| name = Sergei Tarakanov

| image = Sergey Tarakanov, November 2018.jpg

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| caption = Tarakanov in 2018

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 212

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| nationality = Russian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|4|25}}

| birth_place = Lodeynoye Pole, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| draft_year = 1980

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| career_start = 1975

| career_end = 1992

| career_number = 6

| career_position = Small forward / power forward

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| years1 = 1975–1979

| team1 = Spartak Leningrad

| years2 = 1979–1990

| team2 = CSKA Moscow

| years3 = 1990–1991

| team3 = BSG Ludwigsburg

| years4 = 1991–1992

| team4 = Liège Basket

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7× Soviet League champion (1980–1984, 1988, 1990)
2× Soviet Cup winner (1978, 1982)
Master of Sports of the USSR, international class (1981)
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1981)
Order of Friendship of Peoples (1988)
Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (1988)
Order of Honour (Russia) (2006)

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Sergei Nikolayevich Tarakanov (alternative spellings: Serguei, Sergey) ({{langx|ru|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 {{convert|2.03|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall small forward-power forward.

Club career

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

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000446/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/sergey-tarakanov-1.html Olympic results]

References

External links

[http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/belgrade-2018/news/i/8q97elb47mlciqe6/the-legend-cska-moscow-sergey-tarakanov The Legend, CSKA Moscow: Sergey Tarakanov]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081015/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/%20Serguei%20TARAKANOV%20/pid//_//players.html FIBA Profile]
[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1987.roundID_2261.playerID_9626.teamID_2792.html FIBA Europe Profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000446/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/sergey-tarakanov-1.html Sports-Reference.com Profile]
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