Alexander Belostenny
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Basketball | ||
Representing the  Soviet Union
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| Summer Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1980 Moscow | Team |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1988 Seoul | Team |
| FIBA World Cup | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1978 Philippines | Team |
| | 1982 Colombia | Team |
| | 1986 Spain | Team |
| | 1990 Argentina | Team |
| FIBA EuroBasket | ||
| | 1977 Belgium | Team |
| | 1979 Italy | Team |
| | 1981 Czechoslovakia | Team |
| | 1983 France | Team |
| | 1985 West Germany | Team |
| | 1989 Yugoslavia | Team |
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny (Ukrainian: Олександр Михайлович Білостінний; Russian: Александр Михайлович Белостенный ; February 24, 1959 – May 25, 2010) was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987. Alexander Belostenny died on May 25, 2010, from lung cancer.[1]
Club career
Belostenny spent most of his club career at Budivelnyk from Kyiv, and was a leading player in its only Soviet Union League title in 1989. Late in his career, he played with the German club HERZOGtel Trier, where he also competed in the Korać Cup.
Soviet Union national team
As a player of the Soviet national team, Belostenny won three gold medals at the FIBA EuroBasket (EuroBasket 1979, EuroBasket 1981, and EuroBasket 1985), one gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, and one bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games. In addition, he is one of the top medalists in FIBA World Cup history, having four medals, one gold (1982) and three silver (1978, 1986, and 1990).
References
- ↑ TBB Trier website Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. (in German)
External links
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- "Oleksandr Bielostienniy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.