Sergei Tarakanov

Sergei Tarakanov
Medal record

Men's Basketball
Competitor for the Soviet Union
Summer Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	USSR
	1988 Seoul	USSR
FIBA World Cup
	1982 Colombia	USSR
	1986 Spain	USSR
FIBA EuroBasket
	1979 Italy	USSR
	1981 Czechoslovakia	USSR
	1983 France	USSR
	1985 West Germany	USSR
	1987 Greece	USSR
	1989 Yugoslavia	USSR

Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov (Russian: Серге́й Николаевич Тараканов; born April 25, 1958 in Lodeynoye Pole, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian retired basketball player. He was a 6'9" 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), the German club Ludwisburg Stuttgart (1990–1991), and the Belgian club St. Louis Liège (1991–1992).

Soviet union national team

Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990. As a player of the Soviet national team, Tarakanov won: 3 gold medals at FIBA EuroBasket (EuroBasket 1979, EuroBasket 1981, and EuroBasket 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.^[1]

References

↑ Olympic results

Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1979 – Gold medal

4 Yeryomin 5 Chomičius 6 Tarakanov 7 Zharmukhamedov 8 Lopatov 9 Edeshko 10 Belov 11 Tkachenko 12 Myshkin 13 Salnikov 14 Belostenny 15 Zhigily Coach: Gomelsky

Soviet Union squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

4 Yeryomin 5 Miloserdov 6 Tarakanov 7 Salnikov 8 Lopatov 9 Deriugin 10 Belov 11 Tkachenko 12 Myshkin 13 Jovaiša 14 Belostenny 15 Zhigily Coach: Gomelsky

Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1981 – Gold medal

4 Yeryomin 5 Kapustin 6 Tarakanov 7 Salnikov 8 Lopatov 9 Deryugin 10 Valters 11 Tkachenko 12 Myshkin 13 Jovaiša 14 Belostenny 15 Fesenko Coach: Gomelsky

Soviet Union squad – 1982 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal

4 Yeryomin 5 Enden 6 Tarakanov 7 Sabonis 8 Lopatov 9 Deryugin 10 Valters 11 Tkatchenko 12 Myshkin 13 Jovaisa 14 Belostenny 15 Chomičius Coach: Gomelsky

Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1983 – Bronze medal

4 Yeryomin 5 Enden 6 Tarakanov 7 Sabonis 8 Lopatov 9 Deryugin 10 Valters 11 Pankrashkin 12 Myshkin 13 Jovaiša 14 Belostenny 15 Chomičius Coach: Gomelsky

Soviet Union squad – 1984 Friendship Games – Gold medal

Belostenny Chomičius Jovaiša Kurtinaitis Lopatov Myshkin Sabonis Tarakanov Tikhonenko Tkachenko Valters Yeryomin Coach: Gomelsky

Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1985 – Gold medal

4 Volkov 5 Enden 6 Tarakanov 7 Chomičius 8 Lopatov 9 Tikhonenko 10 Valters 11 Pankrashkin 12 Kurtinaitis 13 Jovaiša 14 Belostenny 15 Sabonis Coach: Obukhov

Soviet Union squad – 1986 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal

4 Volkov 5 Sokk 6 Tarakanov 7 Grichaiev 8 Ekabson 9 Tikhonenko 10 Valters 11 Tkachenko 12 Kurtinaitis 13 Chomičius 14 Belostenny 15 Sabonis Coach: Obukhov

Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1987 – Silver medal

4 Volkov 5 Enden 6 Tarakanov 7 Chomičius 8 Babenko 9 Tikhonenko 10 Valters 11 Tkachenko 12 Marčiulionis 13 Jovaiša 14 Pankrashkin 15 Goborov Coach: Gomelsky

Soviet Union squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

4 Volkov 5 Sokk 6 Tarakanov 7 Marčiulionis 8 Miglinieks 9 Tikhonenko 10 Kurtinaitis 11 Sabonis 12 Pankrashkin 13 Chomičius 14 Belostenny 15 Goborov Coach: Gomelsky

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