FIBA Hall of Fame
    Ruperto HERRERA TABIO (CUB)

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    Category | Player Date of Birth | 06.12.1949 Position | Shooting Guard Height | 200cm (6'6") Country | Cuba

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    Clubs

    • Capitalinos

    • Industriales (1964-1982)

    • Habana

    Club Highlights

    • Nine-time champion of the National 1st Division League (1964-1969, 1971, 1973 & 1975)

    National Team

    • Olympic bronze medal in Munich (1972)

    • Participation at four Olympic Games : Mexico (1968), Munich (1972), Montreal (1976), Moscow (1980)

    • Participation at two World Championships: Yugoslavia (1970), Puerto Rico (1974)

    • Participation at three World University Games : Budapest (1965), (Turin 1970 - 3rd place), Sofia (1977)

    • Participation at seven Centrobasket Tournaments : Mexico (1965 - 3rd place), El Salvador (1967 - 2nd

      place), La Habana (1969 - 2nd place), Venezuela (1971 - 1st place), Dominican Republic (1975 -3rd place), Puerto Rico 1981 - 3rd place)

    • Sports Pan-American Games : Winnipeg (1967), Cali (1971 - 3rd place), Mexico (1975), San Juan (1979)

    • Sports American and Caribbean Games San Juan 1966 (3rd place), Panama 1970 (2nd place), Santo Domingo 1974 (1st place), Medellin 1978 (2nd place), La Habana 1982 (1 st place)

    • Rookie of the year (1965)

    Individual Highlights

    • Elected President of the Cuban Basketball Federation (1985)

    • Elected member of the Executive Committee of the Pan-American Basketball Federation (COPABA), today’s known as FIBA Americas (1986)

    • Member of FIBA Central Board (1986-1994)

    • Elected Vice President of the Cuban Olympic Committee (1997)

    • Member of the Technical Commissions of multiple Continental and Regional COPABA and FIBA Americas Tournaments (1986-2006)

    • President of the Central American and Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CONCENCABA) (2006)

    • FIBA Order of Merit (1999)

    • Order of Sport Merit

    • ‘Mártires de Barbados’ Distinction

    • ‘Estrellas de la Capital’ Distinction

    • Four Olympic Buttons with including a bronze Button

    • Vice President FIBA Americas (2006)

    • Elected Secretary General of Cuban Olympic Committee (2009)