Alexander Alexandrovich Belov

Крылова Ирина АлексеевнаУчитель английского языкаг. Санкт-ПетербургГБОУ СОШ №362

The greatest basketball player of all time

Alexander Belov was born on the 9th of November in 1951 in Leningrad. When he was 11, he went to sport school “Spartak”, where his coach was Vladimir Kondrashin. This great couple set the mood in basketball in the 70s.In 1967 Alexander Belov played his first match for “Spartak Leningrad”. He became the star player of the team. Even sometimes “Spartak” was called “The Belov’s team”. He spent 11 seasons in “Spartak Leningrad”.

Career

Club Highlights:• 2 times Champion of the European Cup

Winner's Cup: 1973 and 1975• Champion of the 1975 USSR LeagueNational Team Highlights:• Olympic Gold medalist in Munich 1972• World Champion in Puerto Rico 1974• Olympic Bronze medalist in Montreal 1976• Bronze medalist in the 1970 Ljubljana

World Championship• 2 times European Champion: Italy 1969

and Germany 1971• Silver medalist in the 1975 European

Championship in Belgrade• 2 times Gold medalist in the European

Championships for Junior Men: Vigo 1968 and Athens 1970

• Gold medalist in the 1970 World University Games in Turin

• Silver medalist in the 1973 World University Games in Moscow

Highlights

The first thing that people remember when they hear about Alexander Belovis the legendary basketball match between USSR and USA

at the Olympic Games 1972 in Munich, where Alexander scored the winning points on the last seconds of the match.

Triumph

Unfortunately, Alexander Belov diedat the young age from a very rare disease - cardiac sarcoma. He was only26 years old.He was named one of FIBA’s 50 GreatestPlayers in 1991. He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.Now the annual championship is held in St.Petersburg in remembrance ofthe win over USA, named in honour of our heroes –“The Vladimir Kondrashin and Alexander Belov Cup”It is the most unforgettable and important event for theRussian basketball. Belov became an idol for many sportsmen after thegrandiose win over USA.

In memory

Использованные источники

http://basketball.ru/spec/ages/past/past_10.htmlhttp://sportlegend.kulichki.net/basketball/belov.htmhttp://www.aucland.ru/marktApi?item=462804http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMX65Y3wPc