Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko
Edeshko in 2017
Personal information
Born (1945-03-25) 25 March 1945
NationalitySoviet and Belarusian
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1967: undrafted
Playing career1963–1981
PositionPoint guard
Number9
Career history
Playing
1963–1970Spartak Minsk
1971–1977CSKA Moscow
1977–1979SKA Kyiv
1979–1980CSKA Moscow
1980–1981SKA Kyiv
Coaching
1982–1987Soviet Union (assistant)
1990–1992CSKA Moscow
Career highlights
As player:
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
FIBA World Cup
Puerto Rico 1974
Philippines 1978
FIBA EuroBasket
1971 West Germany
1973 Spain
1975 Yugoslavia
1979 Italy

Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko (Belarusian: Іван Іванавіч Ядэшка, romanizedIvan Ivanavich Yadeshka; Russian: Иван Иванович Едешко; born 25 March 1945[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.

National team career

Edeshko won a gold medal with the senior Soviet national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2] 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.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Профиль на сайте НОК Белоруссии" [Profile on the website of the NOC of Belarus]. NOC.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ivan Yedeshko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ "ЗАЛОЖНИК ТРЕХ СЕКУНД" [HOSTAGE OF THREE SECONDS]. sport-express.ru (in Russian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ "Олимпийский чемпион 1972 года по баскетболу Иван Едешко: Водка с икрой — за победу над США" [1972 Olympic Basketball Champion Ivan Edeshko: Vodka with Caviar for Victory over the USA]. sovsport.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 November 2009.