Meir Tapiro

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Meir Tapiro
No. 12 – Ironi Nes Ziona

Position	Point guard
League	Ligat HaAl
Personal information
Born	(1975-03-28) March 28, 1975 Haifa, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Listed height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Career information
Pro playing career	1994–present
Career history
Hapoel Tel Aviv (1994–1996) Hapoel Eilat (1996–1998) Maccabi Haifa (1998–2000) Hapoel Jerusalem (2000–2003) Bnei Hasharon (2003–2004) Nancy (2004–2005) Hapoel Jerusalem (2005–2007) Bnei Hasharon (2007–2009) Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2009–2010) Maccabi Ashdod (2010–2012) Hapoel Jerusalem (2012–2013) Ironi Nes Ziona (2013–present)
Career highlights and awards
MVP of the decade (2001–2010), Ligat HaAl

Meir Tapiro (Hebrew: מאיר טפירו‎), born March 28, 1975) is an Israeli basketball player who currently plays for Ironi Nes Ziona. Tapiro plays in the Point Guard position.

Tapiro has started playing at the youth department of Elitzur Kiryat Ata. He started his professional career at Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin. During his career, Tapiro played also at Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Eilat, Hapoel Jerusalem, Bnei HaSharon, Nancy, Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Maccabi Ashdod.

Triple Doubles

Tapiro was the first Israeli player to achieve a Triple-double. It happened during a game at February 1, 1999 when he finished the game with 16 Points, 12 Rebounds and 10 Assists playing for Maccabi Haifa. Meir was also the first Israeli to achieve a Triple-double in an international game as he led Hapoel Jerusalem to a 118–95 win over BC Odessa at the EuroCup Challenge in 2003. Up to date Tapiro has achieved 6 Triple Doubles throughout his career.

Israel National Team

Meir played for the Israeli National Team in every Eurobasket from 1999 to 2007, participating in Eurobasket 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. His best performance on a Eurobasket event was at Eurobasket 2001 where he averaged 13.3 Pts, 4.8 Rebs and 3.5 Assists.

On May 27, 2009, in the age of 34, Tapiro announced his immediate retirement from the Israeli national team, which is due to participate in Eurobasket 2009, citing the need to rest and prepare himself physically and mentally for next season.

Honours

Israeli State Cup
- Winner: 2006/07

External links

v t e Israeli Basketball Super League Most Valuable Player Award

2002: Tapiro 2003: Minland 2004: Parker 2005: Jasikevičius 2006: Bowers 2007: Nailon 2008: Tucker 2009: Perkins 2010: Kadir 2011: Mekel 2012: Eliyahu 2013: Mekel

v t e Israel squad – EuroBasket 2001 – 10th place

4 Sheinfeld 5 Gordon 6 Sharp 7 Turgeman 8 Lubin 9 Kozikaro 10 Nissim 11 Tapiro 12 Saffar 13 Peleg 14 Green 15 Mizrahi Coach: Katzurin

v t e Israel squad – EuroBasket 2003 – 7th place

4 Katz 5 Halperin 6 Sharp 7 Mizrahi 8 Sheinfeld 9 Shelef 10 Burstein 11 Tapiro 12 Saffar 13 Kozikaro 14 Green 15 Gordon Coach: Katzurin

v t e Israel squad – EuroBasket 2005 – 9th place

4 Hajaj 5 Nissim 6 Shason 7 Watson 8 Markovich 9 Shelef 10 Burstein 11 Tapiro 12 Mizrahi 13 Kozikaro 14 Green 15 Halperin Coach: Sherf

v t e Israel squad – EuroBasket 2007 – 11th place

4 Hajaj 5 Roth 6 Halperin 7 Eliyahu 8 Markovich 9 Roberts 10 Pnini 11 Tapiro 12 Naor 13 Kozikaro 14 Green 15 Tamir Coach: Sherf

Persondata
Name	Tapiro, Meir
Alternative names
Short description	Israeli basketball player
Date of birth	March 28, 1975
Place of birth	Haifa, Israel
Date of death
Place of death

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