Background
Belov was born in the village of Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union.
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Belov was born in the village of Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union.
Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture, 1977.
He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society, and later at Armed Forces sports society. In 1968, he became an Honored Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Later, he became an Honored Coach of Russia (1995), and the President of the Russian Basketball Federation (1993-1998). Belov is considered to be one of the best non-American basketball players of all time.
He was given the honor of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame, during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow.
In 1991, International Basketball Federation named him the Best International Basketball Federation Player Ever. He became the first international player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 11, 1992.
He was inducted into the International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame in 2007. He was named of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors in 2008.
Belov died on 3 October 2013 in Permanent, Russia.
Club playing career At the age of twenty, Belov made his debut in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics League, with the team of Uralmash Sverdlovsk, where he played from 1964 to 1967. He then played with CSKA Moscow for twelve years. International playing career He also helped them to become the International Basketball Federation World champions in 1967 and 1974, and the International Basketball Federation European champions in 1967, 1969, 1971, and 1979.
Coaching career He was also the head coach of Ural Great Permanent
Order of the Badge of Honour Medal "Foreign Distinguished Labour" As a player: 2 × Euroleague Champion: 1969, 1971 11 × Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics League Champion: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 3 × Euroleague Final Top Scorer: 1970, 1971, 1973 2 × Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Cup Champion: 1972, 1973 Summer Olympic Games: 01 ! Gold: 1972 03 ! Bronze: 1968, 1976, 1980 International Basketball Federation World Cup: 02 ! Silver: 1978 03 ! Bronze: 1970 (Most Valuable Player) International Basketball Federation EuroBasket: 01 ! Gold: 1967, 1969 (Most Valuable Player), 1971, 1979 02 ! Silver: 1975, 1977 03 ! Bronze: 1973 International Basketball Federation"s 50 Greatest Players: 1991 (Voted #1) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: 1992 International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame: 2007 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors: 2008 As a head coach: 2 × Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics League Champion: 1982, 1990 International Basketball Federation Order of Merit: (1995) 2 × Russian SuperLeague Champion: 2001, 2002 North European League Champion: 2001 International Basketball Federation World Cup: 02 ! Silver: 1994, 1998 International Basketball Federation EuroBasket: 03 ! Bronze: 1997.
