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.[1] 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.[2] He became the first international player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on 11 May 1992.[3] Belov was named to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team in 2007. He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007[4] 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.
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NYT-Obituarywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sergei Belov FIBA Profile. Fibaeurope.com (1972-09-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
- ^ Fran Sypek (12 May 1992). "From Russia with note, Belov accepts induction". Union-News. p. 31. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ FIBA Hall of Fame page on Belov Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine. halloffame.fiba.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
