FIBA Hall of Fame
    Zurab SAKANDELIDZE (GEO)

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    2023
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    Category | Player Date of Birth | 09.08.1945 Date of Death | 25.01.2004 Position | Point Guard Height | 187cm (6'1") Country | Georgia

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    Clubs

    • BC Dinamo Tbilisi (1963-1974)

    Club Highlights

    • USSR League champion (1968) • USSR Cup winner (1969)

    National Team

    • Junior EuroBasket gold medallist (1964) • Two-time University Games silver medallist (1965, 1973) • Four-time EuroBasket gold medallist (1965, 1967, 1969, 1971) • EuroBasket bronze medallist (1973) • World Cup gold medallist (1967) • World Cup bronze medallist (1970) • Olympic Games bronze medallist (1968) • Olympic Games gold medallist (1972)

    Individual Highlights

    • Played in five EuroBasket competitions (1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973) • Played in two World Championships (1967, 1970) • Played in two Olympic Games (1968, 1972) • Named best Guard at European Championships (1967) • Order of the Badge of Honor of Sports (USSR) • Order of Vakhtang Gorgasal II degree and Honor (Georgia) • Included third in the list of 25 best basketball players of the USSR after S. Belov and A. Travin (1965)