Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko
Personal information
Born	March 25, 1945 (age 76); Hrodna district, Grodno Region, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet and Belarusian
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1967 / Undrafted
Playing career	1963–1981
Position	Point guard
Number	9
Career history
As player:
1963–1970
1971–1977	CSKA Moscow
1977–1979	SKA Kyiv
1979–1980	CSKA Moscow
1980–1981	SKA Kyiv
As coach:
1982–1987	Soviet Union (assistant)
1990–1992	CSKA Moscow
Career highlights and awards
	As player: EuroLeague champion (1971); 2× FIBA European Selection (1972, 1973); 8× USSR League champion (1971–1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980); 2× USSR Cup winner (1972, 1973); Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1972); Order of the Badge of Honor USSR (1972); Medal For Labor Valor USSR (1982); Order of Honor Russia (2006);
Representing Soviet Union
Men’s Basketball
Olympic Games
FIBA World Cup
EuroBasket

Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko (Belarusian: Іван Іванавіч Ядэшка; Russian: Иван Иванович Едешко; born March 25, 1945 in Stetski village, Hrodna Voblast, Byelorussian SSR^[1]) is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player and coach.

Club career[]

During his club career, Edeshko trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in Moscow. He spent most of his career with CSKA Moscow.

Soviet national team[]

Edeshko won a gold medal with the senior Soviet national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the gold medal game against the American national team, Edeshko's full-court length inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left on the game clock. The game's final score was 51–50.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ "Профиль на сайте НОК Белоруссии". Archived from the original on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
^ ЗАЛОЖНИК ТРЕХ СЕКУНД
^ Олимпийский чемпион 1972 года по баскетболу Иван Едешко: Водка с икрой — за победу над США

External links[]

(in Russian) Biography
(in Russian) CSKAlogia.com profile

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[1] "Профиль на сайте НОК Белоруссии". Archived from the original on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2016-01-20.

[2] ЗАЛОЖНИК ТРЕХ СЕКУНД

[3] Олимпийский чемпион 1972 года по баскетболу Иван Едешко: Водка с икрой — за победу над США

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